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 | | The National Centre Party of Nigeria (NCPN) had long learnt its lesson from the "Etiebet treatment", and without any ado, pronounced Abacha as the party's flagbearer. |
 | | The Grassroot Democratic Movement (GIDIM) did a great show of posturing and tough talking, but it soon faded as M.D Yusuf and Dr Tunji Braithwaite, the only contenders for the position, were voted out of reckoning for an absentee Abacha. |
 | | The GDM drama was held in Maiduguri the home of the Chairman, Alhaji Gambo Lawan. |
| www.thisdayonline.com /archive/2001/02/25/20010225cov03.html (1067 words) |