{Nigeria’s former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has joined the opposition – the most high-profile in a wave of defections from the governing party.}
Mr Abubakar told the BBC that he believed that Nigeria should have a two-party political system.
The People’s Democratic Party has won every national election since the end of military rule in 1999.
But it is deeply divided over whether President Goodluck Jonathan should seek re-election next year.
Last week, 11 senators announced that they were joining the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) – the same party as Mr Abubakar.
The PDP has also lost its majority in the house of representatives, the lower house of parliament.
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