He foiled the ambitions of Atiku Abubakar his deputy and made sure that other contenders for the presidency such as General Muhammadu Buhari were weakened by fifth columnists within their parties...
Before the 2007 elections High Court judges made a series of judgements against the interests of then President Olusegun Obasanjo and in favour of his sacked Vice-President Atiku Abubakar...
Muhammadu Buhari military ruler in 1983-85 and All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP) candidate and Atiku Abubakar Vice-President in 1999-2007 and Action Congress candidate say the poll was rigged and should be rerun...
The appellants are Muhammadu Buhari the former military ruler (1983-85) who now leads the All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP); and former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar (1999-2007) of the Action Congress...
Atiku Abubakar the former Vice-President (1999-2007) was not in court to hear the judgement...
Muhammadu Buhari military ruler (1983-85) and candidate of the All Nigeria People's Party and Atiku Abubakar ex-Vice-President (1999-2007) and candidate of the Action Congress are asking the court to order a re-run of the election on grounds of fraud and corruption...
Vol 49 No 1 |
- WEST AFRICA
Losing candidates Muhammadu Buhari military ruler in 1983-85 and standard-bearer of the All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP) and Atiku Abubakar Vice-President in 1999-2007 who stood for his own Action Congress have petitioned the Court demanding a rerun...
That makes Yar'Adua particularly vulnerable to the petitions launched against him by his presidential rivals General Muhammadu Buhari and sacked Vice-President Atiku Abubakar...
Atiku Abubakar with 2...
Vol 48 No 23 |
- NIGERIA
- ANALYSIS
The most important case is the complaint by opposition presidential candidates Muhammadu Buhari and Atiku Abubakar against the election of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua...
They note that while in office he failed to secure the impeachment of his estranged deputy Atiku Abubakar was unable to change the constitution to allow a third term could not impose his favoured choice as the PDP presidential candidate and did not stop Atiku from running for a rival party...
Supporters of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar believe a newly independent judiciary will be unable to endorse the flawed April elections...