Mr Buhari's victory this time will not generate the same euphoria it did in 2015
A SMALL CROWD has gathered around a plastic table by a dusty roadside in the eastern Nigerian town of Yola. As an electoral officer announces that Muhammadu Buhari, the incumbent president, has won the most votes there, his supporters in the crowd erupt, cheering and dancing. Fans of his main challenger, Atiku Abubakar, who cast his ballot at this polling station earlier in the morning, slink away, dejected. “It feels very painful,” says Muhammad Sanusi, one such supporter.
Voting proceeded peacefully in most parts of the country, but violence broke out in some states. The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room, a group of NGOs monitoring the vote, estimates that at least 39 people were killed over the weekend, most by thugs who attacked polling stations, stealing ballot boxes and intimidating voters. It is not clear on which party’s behalf they were acting.
Disillusionment with Mr Buhari has risen, and many will be disappointed to see him remain in power. Broadly, his campaign this time focused on the same three areas as it did in 2015: corruption, the economy and security. Progress on all three was limited in his first term.
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