The UK-based Economist magazine has endorsed a former military, Muhammadu Buhari, to emerge Nigeria’s president ahead of incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan.

In a scorching editorial for its February 7 print edition, the paper criticised Mr. Jonathan’s administration as corrupt and utterly inept, and lambasted Mr. Buhari as a former dictator with blood on his hands.

The Economist said Nigerians who will got to the polls February 14 to elect a new president, have two bad options between the two men. The paper however advised that “a former dictator is a better choice than a failed president”.

“…Nigerians must pick between the incumbent, Goodluck Jonathan, who has proved an utter failure, and the opposition leader, Muhammadu Buhari, a former military dictator with blood on his hands,” the magazine said. “The candidates stand as symbols of a broken political system that makes all Nigeria’s problems even more intractable
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