Buhari wins as Nigeria turns its back on Jonathan
Posted on Sat 04 April 2015 in Nigeria • Tagged with politics, opinion, news, APC, Boko Haram, Buhari, Goodluck Jonathan, Lamido Sanusi, Muhammadu Buhari, PDP, President Goodluck Jonathan, Wole Soyinka
Stephen Chan, SOAS, University of London
In the end, the margin was too decisive. Goodluck Jonathan, the incumbent president of Nigeria, had no choice but to telephone his challenger Muhammadu Buhari and concede defeat.
It was a rare moment of grace in an election characterised by Wole Soyinka, Nigeria’s …
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