New York Times mocks Nigerian president Buhari's re-election bid

Despite calls to step aside amid mysterious health issues, insecurities, hardship, economic woes, Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari on Monday declared his intention to to seek for re-election in 2019, a decision which has made him unpopular among Nigerians who have expressed divided opinions over the declaration.

US daily, the The New York Times also have something to say about the declaration, by mocking the president's re-election bid.   

In a closed-door meeting of the National Executive Committee, after national news outlets had left the room, Buhari, 75, announced that he would run again, according to people who were present and briefed reporters afterward. They said he had told the committee that he was responding to popular demand that he seek another term.

Buhari has faced widespread criticism over his government’s inability to defeat the renewed Boko Haram insurgency in the northeast, or to end violence between herders and farming communities. 

Last year, he spent nearly four months in Britain receiving treatment for an illness that the government has not disclosed, leading to fears that he would never return.

Nigeria’s 75-year-old president, who spent almost four months out of the country last year while getting medical treatment, says he will run for a second term https://t.co/ATZgGlS5HD

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