ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's national security adviser has resigned to run against President Goodluck Jonathan in the ruling party primaries next month, raising the stakes ahead of presidential elections in January.
Aliyu Gusau submitted his resignation letter to Jonathan, which the president accepted, on Thursday and a day later informed him he intended to enter the presidential race, his spokesman Adebisi Adekunle said, confirming a Reuters story.
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