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LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - A corruption investigation in Washington has roiled Nigeria, leaving the top two leaders publicly trading allegations and nudging a politically volatile country closer to the brink.
Nigeria's president claims his estranged vice president is implicated in the bribery case against a U.S. legislator, and the vice president has responded with damaging allegations of his own against the president. The very public feuding in a country where politics often erupts into violence is particularly disturbing for Nigerians because presidential elections in which the vice president is expected to run are just around the corner.
Nigeria is Africa's leading oil producer and the world's eight-biggest exporter, with exports currently 2.3 million barrels daily. But it's a country hobbled by a history of official corruption and bloody coups.
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