Acting President of Nigeria calls for unity
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Mr Jonathan's spokesman said he "decried a situation where some persons were already positioning for the 2011 elections when an electoral timetable is yet to be released". There is disagreement within the ruling People's Democratic Party about who its presidential candidate should be.
President Umaru Yar'Adua, who is reportedly gravely ill with pericarditis, returned from a Saudi hospital in February. He remains too sick to rule and is therefore not likely to try to seek a second term.
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