Nigeria: The APC Government - a Mid-Term Assessment

opinion

The bitterly fought 2015 presidential election left many negative outcomes in its aftermath. The most glaring was a deeply divided country whose populace focussed the allegiance they hardly held to a nation they scarcely believed in its authenticity on the political parties they supported, their presidential candidates, and the candidates' religious and other affiliations.

The next and related to this negative form of allegiance, was the division of Nigerians who engaged in public discourse into "Jonathanians" and "Buharideens," the first being a derogatory term for fanatical supporters of former President Goodluck Jonathan who lost the election and the latter for their counterparts who rooted for President Muhammadu Buhari, the winner.

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