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Nigeria’s Presidential Candidates Are a Blast From the Past

Former Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar, center, waves to the crowd after declaring he will run for next year’s presidential election, Abuja, Nigeria, March 23, 2022 (AP photo by Gbemiga Olamikan).
Former Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar, center, waves to the crowd after declaring he will run for next year’s presidential election, Abuja, Nigeria, March 23, 2022 (AP photo by Gbemiga Olamikan).
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Though the election isn’t until next year, the race to determine the next president of Nigeria is officially underway, as the country’s two main parties have nominated their flagbearers for the contest to succeed outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari. The ruling All Progressives Congress, or APC, has selected Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos state and a key player behind a 2013 merger of what were then Nigeria’s three biggest opposition parties, as its presidential candidate in the election scheduled for February 2023. Tinubu’s main challengers will be former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, or PDP, and Peter […]

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