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Campaign boss of ex-Nigerian military ruler detained

by Reuters
Monday, 4 October 2010 07:43 GMT

ABUJA, Oct 4 (Reuters) - The director of former Nigerian military ruler Ibrahim Babangida's presidential election campaign team has been detained by the secret service days after bomb blasts in the capital Abuja, his office said on Monday.

"The (Babangida) campaign organisation hereby condemns in the strongest terms the detention of its director general and calls for his immediate release," Babangida's campaign team said in a statement. (For full Reuters Africa coverage and to have your say on the top issues, visit: http://af.reuters.com/ ) (Reporting by Camillus Eboh and Nick Tattersall)

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