Muhammadu Buhari was born on December 17, 1942 in
Daura, Katsina State. His father was Hardo Adamu and his
mother Zulaihat. He is the 23rd child of his father.
MILITARY CAREER
Buhari enrolled in the Nigerian Military Training College in
1962 (NMTC). NMTC would later be upgraded to an officer
commissioning unit of the Nigerian Army and renamed
Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA). He served as commander
of the Secondary Infantry Battalion and appointed
brigade major, second Sector, First Infantry Division from
April 1967 to July 1967.
He participated in the Nigerian Civil War that last for
almost three years (1967-1970)
Buhari Served as Governor of the North-Eastern State
from 1975 to 1976. In March 1976, Head of State, General
Olusegun Obasanjo appointed Buhari as the Federal
Commissioner (position now called Minister) for Petroleum
and Natural Resources. When the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation was created in 1977 Buhari was also
made its Chairman, a position he held until 1978. It is on
record that during his tenure as Commissioner, $2.8 billion
allegedly went missing from the accounts of the NNPC in
Midlands banks in the United Kingdom. In December 1983
he led a coup that ousted the democratically elected
President Shehu Shagari from office. Barely two years
after, his regime was ended through coup by Ibrahim
Babangida
POLITICAL ANTECEDENTS
With the return of Nigeria to civilian rule in 1999, Buhari
contested for the presidency in 2007 on the platform of All
Nigerians Peoples Party (ANPP) and came second with
12,710,022 as against the winner Umaru Yar’Adua’s
24,456,140 votes. He founded the Congress for Progress
Change (CPC) in the build-up to the 2011 elections and he
contested on the platform of the party again for the
President. He was defeated again, this time by Goodluck
Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
He re-contested in 2015 for the same post on the platform
of a coalition party called All Progressives Party (APC) and
he won. His victory made him the first candidate in the
history of the country to defeat an incumbent President.
STRENGTHS
The North-West is his stronghold. Though Buhari is an
influential politician with cult following in the North, his
influence is strongest in the Nort-West. Buhari is from
Daura Katsina State, which is in the north-west geopolitical
zone. He always banks on the votes from this region. Even
in the past when he lost to other contenders, Buhari polled
massive votes from this region. Official figures from the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) show
that the region has the highest number of registered voters
for the 2019 general election. The North-West has
20,158,100 registered voters, making up 24% of the total
number of registered voters, which is 84,004,084. Buhari
will be hoping to win a considerable number of votes from
here again. Kano, which falls in the north-west region,
alone has 5.5 million registered voters.
There is the Lagos State/ Tinubu factor. Buhari’s running
mate, Yemi Osinbajo is from the South-West. He was
donated to the Buhari administration by his political
godfather Bola Tinubu, who calls the shots in Lagos and is a
staunch loyalist of the sitting President; he will do
anything to ‘mop up’ the chunk of the 6.6 million expected
votes from the state. Lagos, according to the numbers
released by INEC, has the highest number of registered
voters in the country.
There is also the Akpabio factor in the South-South.
Godswil Akpabio, the former Governor of Akwa-Ibom State
who recently defected to the APC, will want to prove a
point to his new party and teach his former party,
especially sitting Governor Udom Gabriel Emmanuel, some
lessons in politics. He will do anything to win Akwa-Ibom
State for Buhari. He also has an ally in Adams Oshimohole;
together they will face Nyesom Wike of Rivers and others
from the region.
The Trader Moni is another. It was tagged as Federal
Government Empowerment Scheme for petty traders and
artisans, but it is believed in some quarters to be a vote-
buying ploy that might I truth sway some of these petty
traders to vote for the APC.
WEAKNESSES
The explosion of the integrity myth. Buhari rode to power in
2015 on the wave of a decent personality and impregnable
integrity. Recent decisions taken by him at the helm of
affairs have shown otherwise, thus putting the lie to
Buhari’s 2015 selling point. Many will claim to have known
him for who he truly is, but he may lose a massive number
of votes for some the decisions he has taken in office.
Vote drought in the North-East. Buhari, who used garner a
considerable number of votes from the North, might find it
very hard to win in the northeast this time for two reasons.
First their son, the Waziri of Adamawa, Atiku Abubakar, is
also vying for the same post they used to support him for.
Second, the menace of insurgency ravaging the region and
which he promised to put an end too is still as disturbing as
before.
The North-Central could revolt with their votes. With the
incessant clash between farmers and cattle herders, Benue
and some other states in the North-Central have become
abattoirs of sorts, with the President showing little or no
readiness to find lasting solution to the problem. Some will
even say he has been tacitly supporting the herdsmen. This
is also the region of David Mark, Bukola Saraki and Samuel
Ortom. Winning in the zone will be a herculean task for the
sitting President.
Selective anti-corruption war. Buhari has been fighting
corruption by attacking the opposition. A villain becomes a
saint regardless of the evidence against him once he
defects to the ruling party. This method of fighting
corruption has incurred the resentment of not a few
number of the electorate and they may pass their vote of
no confidence on him by voting him out of power come
February 16.
Age and health status. Buhari is now over 76 years of age
and every evidence shows that he is going senile. From
forgetting the day he was sworn in as President to calling a
governorship candidate a presidential and later
‘governortorial’ candidate, even slipping occasionally, the
President has shown beyond doubt that he is not physically
fit to retain the office. Don’t forget that Mr. President
had once spent a total 172 days outside the shores of the
country seeking medical recourse for an unknown ailment.
Many believe the President is senile and needs some rest
and they may vote against him.
Clannishness and nepotism. Most of the appointments
made so far by the President have not been based on merit
but on ethnic and other primordial considerations. Most of
these appointments have gone to northerners. Votes from
other zones may show their disenchantment with him by
voting him out.

Source: http://saharareporters.com/2019/02/14/preview-has-incumbent-buhari-done-enough-earn-another-four-years

He has done nothing, he is a total failure

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He has done nothing, he is a total failure

You are extremely right. All he has to offer his completion of abandon project.

lacks innovation and seems politically in matured.

Time for him to go back home and rest

The cabals are waiting for him to win so they can usurp the authority for their selfish ends. I know for sure the old man will stay 8 months in the UK if he should win this election...

Sentiment aside, the guy ucked up

Buhari is a disaster, let him go, we can't endure another four years of his best incompetence

BUHARI NEVER AGAIN!