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Claim: The PRP Was the First Party to Field a Female Running Mate

Claim: The PRP Was the First Party to Field a Female Running Mate

CLAIM: The PRP was the first party to field a female running mate in a presidential election

VERDICT: TRUE

Nigeria’s first election in a presidential form of Government was in 1979. Of the five political parties, only the PRP’s Aminu Kano fielded a woman as his vice-presidential nominee – Bola Ogunboh