Muhammadu Buhari a former military leader and the CPC’s presidential candidate in 2011 with a strong northern following also called the operation a ‘massacre’ and his new allies in the ACN said it showed Nigeria’s military as having ‘little or no respect for human rights and the sanctity of lives...
The two main candidates – Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the ACN and General Muhammadu Buhari of the CPC – are prickly characters and their last cooperation talks fell apart just before the 2011 polls amid claims of double-dealing and betrayal (AC Vol 52 No 1 Electric elections)...
The shortcomings of President Goodluck Jonathan’s government have been pointed out by northern grandees such as Generals Muhammadu Buhari Ibrahim Babangida and Aliyu Mohammed Gusau and civilian politicians such as Atiku Abubakar...
President Jonathan’s election victory on 16 April over three northern candidates including opposition frontrunner General Muhammadu Buhari prompted widespread clashes in Kaduna Kano and Bauchi states...
His closest rival Major General Muhammadu Buhari of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) scored the bulk of his 12...
Defeated presidential contender Major General Muhammadu Buhari and his Congress for Progressive Change rejected within minutes INEC’s announcement that the PDP candidates Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu and Ibrahim Shema had won in Niger and Katsina states respectively...
His probable second-round opponent would be the CPC’s candidate the former military leader Major General Muhammadu Buhari with strong support from the ACN...
The most business-minded of the southern elite generally back President Goodluck Jonathan from the Niger Delta; their northern counterparts generally back ex-military leader General Muhammadu Buhari from Katsina in the far north; and the more reform-minded back the former anti-corruption chief Nuhu Ribadu...
Running for the Congress for Progressive Change are Muhammadu Buhari the austere former army general and Tunde Bakare a pastor and political activist...