Power Brokers Start to Gear Up for Nigeria's 2019 Elections
- Buhari’s decision whether to seek second term key to race
- Atiku Abubakar may seek nomination of opposition PDP
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As Nigeria begins to gear up for general elections in February 2019, five senior politicians appear to be key players in Africa’s top oil producer.
President Muhammadu Buhari, a 74-year-old former military ruler, will start as one of the favorites if he seeks re-election after becoming the first opposition candidate to win power in Nigeria’s history in 2015. A health scare this year -- he spent more than five months in London receiving treatment for an undisclosed medical ailment -- convinced some observers that he wouldn’t serve more than one term. But he returned in August with renewed vigor, regularly traveling on official trips both at home and abroad.