"In the pantheon of Nigerian rulers, President Buhari occupies an uncontestable stool. He is the first leader to return to power on the strength of a faulty myth rather than on a record of demonstrable achievements. The political marketers of the Buhari candidacy in the count down to the 2015 elections were armed mostly with nothing concrete beyond a lingering myth."
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Buhari: Dead End of the Mythic Presidency. Thisday Newspaper Backpage Editorial. September 26, 2021
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