Nigeria Election 2015 Update: People's Democratic Party Official Quits, Dealing President Goodluck Jonathan A Setback

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday was dealt a blow to his re-election campaign after a high-ranking member of the ruling People's Democratic Party abruptly resigned in dramatic fashion. Olusegun Obasanjo, the country's former president and now former chairman of the PDP board of trustees, tore up his party membership card in public, renouncing his allegiance to any single political faction.