2027 Politics Watch: From Atiku’s register demands to Tinubu’s borrowing defence, Friday’s roundup

Atiku Abubakar and the NDC pressed INEC over questionable voter records as the commission promised corrections before certification. Friday’s exchanges also covered borrowing, nomination disputes, the PDP’s support for Tinubu and conflicting accounts of campaign incidents.

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