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Nigeria vice president survives chopper crash weeks before election

Nigeria's Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo speaks at the launch of Google free wifi project in Lagos, Nigeria July 26, 2018.

A helicopter carrying Nigeria’s Vice President crash landed on Saturday en route to a political campaign two weeks before an election, but he survived the incident in central Kogi state unharmed, saying later he was safe and sound.

Nigerian go to the polls on Feb. 16 to elect a new president in an election where the incumbent Muhammadu Buhari and his deputy have been touring the country to woo voters for a second term in office.

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