With the expiration of today's deadline for the substitution of presidential candidates for the February 14 presidential election, President Goodluck Jonathan and General Muhammadu Buhari are now confirmed as their political parties can no longer replace them as flag bearers of Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressive Congress.
This is because their fates as presidential candidates appear to have been sealed as today is the last day for presidential candidates to withdraw from the contest and for their parties to field new candidates according to the electoral guideline set by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
With this, INEC would print their names on the ballot papers, whether or not any of them decides to opt out of the presidential election.
The same also applies for candidates in the national assembly elections across the country.
However, the governorship and state assembly aspirants have up till, January 13, 2015 to either withdraw or have their parties file in their replacements.
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