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 | | The model for the constitution, which was adopted in 1979, was modelled on the Constitution of the United States, with provision for a president, Senate, and House of Representatives. |
 | | May 29, the day Obasanjo took office as the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule, is now commemorated as Democracy Day, a public holiday in Nigeria. |
 | | Obasanjo was re-elected in 2003 in a tumultuous election that had violent ethnic and religious overtones, his main opponent (fellow former military ruler General Muhammadu Buhari) being a Muslim who drew his support mainly from the north. |
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