Abuja, 24 March-(ANA)-Opposition parties in Nigeria have agreed to unite to compete against the governing People's Democratic Party (PDP) in elections due in 2011.
The 19 parties are forming what they describe as one mega-party to challenge President Umaru Yar'Adua.
Heavyweights are involved including former presidential contenders Atiku Abubakar and Muhammadu Buhari, who also led Nigeria after a coup in the 1980s.
The opposition parties say they are uniting in order to save Nigeria.
They accuse the PDP of running the country into the ground and acting as if Nigeria was a one-party state. (ANA)
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