Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s president-elect, makes 2015 TIME 100 most influential people in the world.
TIME characterized the All Progressives Congress politician as “the
first candidate to oust a sitting Nigerian President through the ballot
box”.
The report made public on April 16, Thursday, adds that now Buhari
will have to “live up to voters’ expectations. From battling the Boko
Haram insurgency to tackling endemic corruption, Buhari has many
challenges ahead”.
It also contains that one of the major challenges the president-elect
might face, is associated with his military past in the office.
“Already the born-again democrat is demonstrating the inclusivity
necessary to lead a nation riven by ethnic and religious tensions.”
Abubakar Shekau, Boko Haram leader, is also included in the list. He is described as “the most violent killer” Nigeria has ever seen.
See the extract from his TIME profile below:
“Shekau, who is believed to be in his 30s, began to stage
increasingly daring kidnapping and killing raids on schools, churches
and mosques thought by Boko Haram to be violating their interpretation
of Islam. The taking of over 200 schoolgirls in April 2014 brought Boko
Haram into the international spotlight.
“By most accounts, Boko Haram has killed more than 10,000 people
and is spreading into neighboring countries. Shekau’s latest action may
finally summon a U.S. response: he has publicly aligned his group with
ISIS, the terrorist group that holds territory in Syria and Iraq and has
expanded its reach into Yemen and Libya.”
BringBackOurGirls chief campaigner Oby Ezekwesili,
whose name has also been put on the website, is praised over her having
raised the awareness about the abducted Chibok girls.But for the former
minister’s intervention, it would have taken a long time to draw the
attention to the issues, Times concludes.
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