Nigeria: Buhari Versus Atiku - Who Wins the Presidency?

8 October 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, weekend, picked the presidential tickets of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, respectively in style. While President Buhari was affirmed as the ruling party's flagbearer at the party's convention in Abuja, Atiku won the PDP primaries in Port-Harcourt.

Currently, the duo remain frontrunners in the 2019 race for the presidency. This piece examines their strengths, weaknesses, and what stand them out in the race.

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