News: Nigeria's opposition picks presidential candidate

Nigeria's main opposition party on Wednesday began choosing its candidate to run for president next year against incumbent Goodluck Jonathan, who is seeking a second term.

Thousands of delegates from the All Progressives Congress (APC) converged on the country's biggest city and financial hub, Lagos, to vote on which candidate would go forward to challenge Jonathan.

The front runners are Nigeria's ex-military ruler Muhammadu Buhari and Atiku Abubakar, a former vice-president.

Jonathan is expected to be formally endorsed as the PDP candidate at a meeting in Abuja, with no other challengers.

Past presidential primaries have run deep into the night before a winner is announced and a result may not come until Thursday.

In the run-up to the vote, it was former president Olusegun Obasanjo who grabbed headlines with an outspoken attack against Jonathan that sounded more like opposition criticism.
Buhari Wins APC Presidential Primary, to face Goodluck Jonathan in 2015 presidential election. Jonathan picks his current vice president Namadi Sambo as his running mate for 2015 elections.