BATTLE ROYALE: PRESIDENT JONATHAN VS MUHAMMAD BUHARI AGAIN !!!! Its battle Royale as a rematch between President Jonathan and Muhammad Buhari again takes center-fold, after the latter became APC presidential candidate. When Buhari first ran in the presidential race, he faced President Olusegun Obasanjo (PDP) in what was expected to be a very tough election. But at the end of the day, Obasanjo defeated him. While PDP scored 24,456,140 votes, representing 61.94% of the ballot, Buhari (as the candidate of All Nigeria Peoples Party), got 12,710,022 or 32.19%. Buhari went to court, but also lost the legal battle. In 2007, Buhari ran again on the ticket of ANPP, this time coming against a fellow Katsina man, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. Again, he lost, scoring 6,605,299 or 18.72%, while Yar’Adua got 24,638,063 votes, representing 69.82%. In 2011, Buhari gave it another shot, this time as the candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC). He faced Jonathan (PDP) for the first time, and while he did very well in the core north, Jonathan beat him roundly in the south and north central. Jonathan had 22,495,187 votes, or 58.89% while Buhari secured 12,214,853 votes or 31.98%. There was violence in parts of the north as results were being awaited, and hundreds of people lost their lives in the process, most notably members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), reports Thecable. He went to court and lost again.This is Buhari’s fourth attempt as he has failed thrice. Will he make it or loose again as usual??? His supporters are hopeful. As the countdown to February 14th, 2015 begins, here is a dossier on the two candidates. MUHAMMADU BUHARI Age-71 State-Katsina Education-Military training in Kaduna Public service career Retired as a major general; former minister of petroleum; former military head of state; former military governor of north-eastern state; former executive chairman of PTF Political career-none Electoral failures- 2003, 2007, 2011 presidential elections Campaign promises- Anti-graft war, value reorientation and security Social media 145,000 likes on Facebook GOODLUCK JONATHAN Age-57 State-Bayelsa Education- BSc zoology; MSc hydrobiology and fisheries biology; PhD zoology(all University of Port Harcourt) Public service career- Assistant director, OMPADEC Political career- Bayelsa deputy governor (1999-2005), governor (2005-2007), vice-president (2007-2010), acting president (2010-2011), president (2010 till date) Electoral failures- none Electoral successes- 2011 presidential poll Campaign promises- Reinforcing institutions and systems, and tackle corruption Social media likes- 1,726,975 likes on Facebook Nigerians, who do you think will win ???
Posted on: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 09:14:43 +0000
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