Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan Will Run For A Second Term

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan Will Run For A Second Term
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan speaks on November 7, 2014 during the inauguration of the Akwa Ibom international stadium in Uyo before a friendly football match between Nigeria and Ghana. The government of Akwa Ibom State in southern Nigeria inaugurated the 30,000-capacity stadium that is a two-tiered structure, including a 400m-running track for athletic events. It AFP PHOTO / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI (Photo credit should read PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty Images)
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan speaks on November 7, 2014 during the inauguration of the Akwa Ibom international stadium in Uyo before a friendly football match between Nigeria and Ghana. The government of Akwa Ibom State in southern Nigeria inaugurated the 30,000-capacity stadium that is a two-tiered structure, including a 400m-running track for athletic events. It AFP PHOTO / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI (Photo credit should read PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty Images)

ABUJA, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan announced on Tuesday that he would seek a second term in a February 2015 presidential election in Africa's biggest economy and top oil producer.

"After seeking the face of God, and in the quiet of my family ... I have accepted to present myself," Jonathan told a crowd of hundreds of cheering supporters at a rally in Abuja. (Reporting by Felix Onuah; Writing by Bate Felix; Editing by Pascal Fletcher)

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