Nigeria: Buhari vs Atiku - the Groundswell Favouring the Articulated and Business-Minded

10 February 2019

With positive local and international polls' predictions as well as the groundswell of endorsements by all the socio-political groups in favour of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, it appears history might be on the verge of repeating itself. In the run-up to 2015 presidential election, the name on the lips of Nigerians was Muhammadu Buhari - a born-again dictator-turned-democrat. He was thought as the messiah that Nigerians were waiting for, and the sweeping slogan was 'change'. The reason was not far-fetched.

Then ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had become a god wreaking havoc on the socio-political and economic psyche of the masses. The administration led by former president Goodluck Jonathan had been enmeshed with corruption and maladministration. Nigerians were therefore desperate for a change in government. It became a case of anyone but Jonathan.

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