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ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Nigeria's Supreme Court ruled Monday that the country's vice president, who had fallen out with the president and his powerful party, should be allowed to run for president, throwing the race into disarray only days before the vote.
The decision in favor of Vice President Atiku Abubakar came after violence and fraud charges during weekend state elections underlined questions about the state of democracy in Africa's most populous country.
"I have always said I will run," Abubakar told reporters. The electoral commission "had always said they are prepared to include my name any time they receive the judgment of the Supreme Court."
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