In 2015, Buhari achieved an unprecedented feat in Nigerian politics by defeating an incumbent President after he had been unsuccessful in three previous attempts in the 2003, 2007 and 2011 elections.
The retired military general ended the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) unbroken 16-year dominance by beating incumbent Goodluck Jonathan in the hotly-contested election.
However, the victory was achieved under the All Progressives Congress (APC), a product of a merger between Buhari’s Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Tinubu’s Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and some other parties.
