Nigeria opposition party pauses election campaign over suspension of judge


  • World
  • Saturday, 26 Jan 2019

FILE PHOTO: People's Democratic Party (PDP) logo seen on display in Enugu, Nigeria November 22, 2018. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's main opposition party has halted its presidential election campaign for 72 hours weeks ahead of the vote in protest at the suspension of the country's most senior judge by President Muhammadu Buhari, it said on Saturday.

The European Union's team observing the election that is scheduled to take place on Feb. 16, as well as the United States and Britain, expressed concern about the suspension.

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