Niger president serves quit notice, party elects candidate for 2021 polls

Niger president, Mahamadou Issoufou has given a strong signal that he is ready to leave office in 2021 when his current term expires.

Issoufou became president in 2011 and secured re-election in 2016.

Over the weekend, the ruling Nigerian party for democracy and socialism, PNDS elected interior minister, Mohammed Bazoum as its presidential candidate with two clear-years to the next polls