He buried his differences with the other main northern candidates Babangida and Muhammadu Buhari (both former military rulers) to block a third term for Obasanjo...
Muhammadu Buhari still bogged down in a struggle for leadership of the All Nigeria People's Party was present for Atiku's first public speech against Obasanjo's third-term project delivered at the lodge of Niger Governor Abubakar Kure seen as a Babangida acolyte...
Vol 47 No 7 |
- NIGERIA
- BRITAIN
His rivals have questioned the sources of finance for the campaign; Sani is challenging General Muhammadu Buhari for the nomination of the All Nigeria People's Party...
Muhammadu Buhari introduced State Security Decree Two allowing the military rulers to detain indefinitely anyone they declared a threat to national security...
However another former military leader General Muhammadu Buhari who stood for president in 1999 and 2003 insists he would take his supporters on to the streets if Obasanjo tried to prolong his rule and hints that his friends in the military wouldn't accept it either...
On the national scene Obasanjo's old friend and rival Muhammadu Buhari is pressing his petition on the 2003 elections at the Supreme Court...
President Olusegun Obasanjo's rival in last year's contest retired general and former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85) was in London last week for medical treatment and to drum up international support for his continued rejection of last year's elections...
Since returning to power as civilian President in 1999 Obasanjo has overhauled the military dismissing any officers who had held political postings in the military regimes led by Generals Sani Abacha Ibrahim Babangida and Muhammadu Buhari...
Western leaders were divided on the relative merits of Obasanjo and opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari...
The heaviest criticism was from opposition All Nigeria People's Party presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari who told loyalists and journalists in Abuja that the 19 April presidential poll was the most fraudulent in Nigeria's history and urged foreign governments not to recognise the Obasanjo government after its current mandate expires on 29 May...