After a brief one-week hiatus, the 4th Republic Podcast returns with a look at the last 2019 presidential election. Unlike Goodluck Jonathan, who failed to win his presidential re-election bid as an incumbent leader, President Buhari sought and got a second term. Whereas the People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) Atiku Abubakar finally earned the ticket of the party he had pursued a large part of his political career.
This election also witnessed a wave of third force candidates- candidates of professional backgrounds arguing that political change could not emerge from any of the two major political parties seeking to pursue the highest office in the land with relatively unknown parties.
Charting Nigeria’s political landscape post the 1999 elections, this new episode has everything you need to learn all about the 2019 election. Join the conversation on Thursday, the 24th of February when we take a closer look at the 2011 election and its impact on Nigeria’s political trajectory via Twitter Spaces @takingCustody by 7 pm.