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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Boko Haram makes Nigeria turn to a General for President



Muslim Military Leader to be President

  • Muslim ex-general to replace a Christian.
  • Three decades after seizing power in a military coup, retired Muslim Major General Muhammadu Buhari became the first Nigerian to oust a president through the ballot box.
  • Buhari has given his support for the total implementation of Sharia in the country. He was quoted in 2001 as saying “I will continue to show openly and inside me the total commitment to the Sharia movement that is sweeping all over Nigeria”, he then added that; “God willing, we will not stop the agitation for the total implementation of the Sharia in the country”.


(USA Today)  -  President Goodluck Jonathan conceded Tuesday to a former military general in an election decided by voter fury at government corruption and failure to combat Boko Haram militants who have killed thousands of civilians.

His defeat is the first time an incumbent has been voted out of office in Africa's most populous nation and represents its first civilian transfer of power.

Jonathan, 57, said in a statement that he congratulated his successor, former Army general Muhammadu Buhari, 72.

He conceded defeat at the polls, saying "nobody's ambition is worth the blood of any Nigerian."
In his statement Tuesday night Jonathan said: "I promised the country free and fair elections. I have kept my word." He said he wants to secure his legacy of expanding the space for Nigerians to participate in the democratic process, the Associated Press reported.

Buhari, who served as Nigeria's president after a military coup in the early 1980s, led by 2 million votes when tallies from all but one state were counted from Saturday's vote. Buhari was likely to carry the sole remaining state, northeast Borno, which is the birthplace of Boko Haram and has 1.4 million eligible voters.

Jonathan's popularity plunged as Buhari accused the president of mismanaging Nigeria's oil-dependent economy and failing to defeat Boko Haram insurgents operating in the country's northeast.
Boko Haram killed 10,000 people last year and forced about 1.5 million to flee for southern Nigeria and neighboring countries.

The extremists have kidnapped hundreds of people, including 219 schoolgirls last year who have yet to be found. The radical Muslims often force abductees to convert to Islam and fight or work as sex slaves.

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Boko Haram killings, beheadings, torchings - BBC News






Nigerian general election, 2015

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