Former Nigerian President
Olusegun Obasanjo, who is
in Senegal to observe and
help mediate a solution to
this weekend's
contentious election, is
spending his first day in-
country meeting
opposition candidates, The
Associated Press reports.
In a statement, Obasanjo
said that on Wednesday
he will meet five of the 13
opposition candidates
running against the
country's 85-year-old
leader in Sunday's ballot.
They include Cheikh
Tidiane Gadio, Moustapha
Niasse, Ousmane Tanor
Dieng, Idrissa Seck and
Ibrahima Fall, as well as
the leaders of M23, an
opposition coalition.
Senegal has been rocked
by daily protests ahead of
Sunday's presidential
election. Protesters say
they will render the
country ungovernable if
President Abdoulaye
Wade, who is just shy of
his 86th birthday, runs for
a third term.
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