Incumbent Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, a member of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP), won the PDP primary last night in Abuja. AFP has a nice summary of where things stand:
Jonathan, thrust into the presidency in May after the death of his predecessor, will now be favoured to win the April 9 election being viewed as one of the most important in the history of Africa’s most populous nation.
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party has won every presidential vote since Nigeria returned to civilian rule in 1999.
Jonathan’s primary victory also means he has upended an arrangement within the PDP that sees its candidates rotated between the north and south every two terms.
[...]Jonathan was expected to win the party primary, but he faced a challenge from ex-vice president Atiku Abubakar, who had the backing of a group of elite politicians from northern Nigeria.
In the end, Jonathan won handily with 2,736 votes compared to Abubakar’s 805.
I predict that Jonathan will win the general election.
What do you think about Jonathan’s primary victory? Were you there? What comes next for Nigeria?
i am glad tha Goodluck is bein declare as pdp primary election winner in nigeria