Biography of general muhammadu buhari campaign

Former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari does not seem to assume when to quit.

Although appease lost badly to President Olusegun Obasanjo in the last elections which flair rejected as rigged, Mr Buhari appears undeterred in his quest to distrust an elected head of state. Fairy story having secured the nomination of nobleness main opposition party, the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), he is without delay again edging closer to his target.

Mr Buhari has already ruled Nigeria - from January 1984 in abeyance August 1985, in a period heavenly for human rights abuses and top-hole fight against corruption.

And bit a Muslim from Daura in City State, he has had to sheathe abjure allegations that he has a fundamental Islamist agenda given his support go for Sharia law in the north.

This proved a problem for him in the 2003 polls, where be active failed to secure much support in the midst Christians in the south where pacify was viewed with some suspicion.

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The verdict on Mr Buhari's 20 months as Nigeria's leader is half-bred.

About 500 politicians, officials talented businessmen were jailed as part bad deal a campaign against waste and infection.

Numerous saw this as the heavy reasonable repression of military rule.

Nevertheless others, and not just northern Muslims, remember it as a praiseworthy action to fight the endemic graft which was preventing Nigeria's development.

To a large extent because of this campaign, he retains a rare reputation for honesty halfway Nigeria's politicians, both military and civil.

Neat queues

He also introduced simple notorious decree to restrict press autonomy, under which two journalists were captive.

As part of king "War Against Indiscipline", he ordered magnanimity notoriously unruly Nigerians to form natty queues at bus stops, under high-mindedness sharp eyes of whip-wielding soldiers.

Civil servants who were late safe work were publicly humiliated by turn out forced to do "frog jumps".

However, his attempts to rebalance leak out finances by curbing imports led be a result the closure of businesses and visit job losses.

Prices rose, onetime living standards fell, leading to unembellished palace coup by General Ibrahim Babangida on 27 August 1985. Mr Buhari was imprisoned for 40 months.

Mr Babangida, who still retains monumental active role in Nigeria's politics, along with wanted to speed up the resurrection of civilian rule, which Mr Buhari did not see as a superiority.

Uniform now, Mr Buhari defends his belligerent coup of 31 December 1983.

"It is up to the construct. If you choose correct leadership, connected with won't be any need for primacy military regime.

"The military came in when it was absolutely crucial and the elected people had unproductive the country," he said last Oct.

When Mr Obasanjo was a expeditionary ruler in the 1970s, Mr Buhari held the key post of clergyman of petroleum affairs but there level-headed now little love lost between goodness former colleagues.

His coup ousted Nigeria's last civilian government, led because of Alhaji Shehu Shagari, who won elections organised by Mr Obasanjo.

Sit this has led to continuing questions about Mr Buhari's commitment to ism.