Nigeria: President Jonathan re-election hopes take further hit as 37 MPs defect to opposition

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan. PHOTO/File

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan lost his majority in parliament on Wednesday after 37 lawmakers defected from his party for a new opposition coalition, the latest political blow to hit the leader seeking re-election.

In a letter presented to the speaker of the lower house, the lawmakers elected under Jonathan's Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) declared that they had joined the All Progressives Congress (APC), stripping the PDP of

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