Justcash:
I have reflected on the reasons behind the continuous failure of Buhari in the presidential race, and I was able to come up with few reasons why he may never be able to beat any presidential aspirant from PDP.

1: POWER OF INCUMBENCY
I have heard a lot of Nairalanders boasting about enforcing the proper counting of the people's vote. In NIGERIA, the people's vote can never count except the ruling party wants it that way. Due to the enormous power at their disposal, the ruling party can easily conjure political tricks to coerce electoral officials to do what they want, even if it means incurring collateral damage. I'm sure that is why PDP is currently quiet, observing how to conjure this scheme.

2: BUHARI'S RELIGIOUS POSTURE:
Buhari is currently being seen as an Islamic fundamentalist. Whether it is true or not is a story for another day. The truth is that his historical utterances about religious issues that are considered sensitive has permanently carved his picture as an Islamic supremacist in the hearts of many Nigerian Christians. The pattern of voting in the 2011 election reflected this feeling. Majority of the Christian south voted against him. It may potentially work against him in 2015.

3: EMERGENCE OF BOKO HARAM AND INCESSANT ATTACKS BY HAUSA AND FULANI MUSLIMS IN THE MIDDLE BELT:
A united Northern Nigeria would have guaranteed victory for any presidential aspirant from Northern Nigeria like Buhari. However, the religious based conflict that is currently going on in the Northern have done a great disservice to such aspirants. Buhari will suffer from this. Even some Part of Western Nigeria rooting for him, a combo of majority votes (up to 85%) from the SE, SS AND MB, combined with a big chunk from the West and a little chunk from the North will guarantee victory for any aspirant against BUHARI.

4: POLITICS OF CORRUPTION :
This is the most controversial, but significant factor that will give GEJ lots of vote against BUHARI. The tag line of most opposition party officials and supporters about Buhari is, "The Incorruptible Leader". The truth is that this tagline wi work against him. The corrupt officials that are currently reaping enormously from the status quo will use all the resources they have to fight against the emergence of an incorruptible leader. Even the people's power, as far as Nigeria is concerned, cannot defeat these political goons. It will take a generally accepted leader that is very charismatic to effect this kind of change. That, as sad as it may be, is what Buhari is not.

5: PAST LEADERSHIP RECORD:
The past leadership record of Buhari as an iron fisted dictator will definitely work against him, especially since he is competing against a more liberal GEJ. His supporters and party perceive this as an antecedent of a great leader, but the generality of Nigerians, especially from the Southern region of Nigeria, will view his aspiration as a great threat to human right. This is mostly true among pro-democracy proponents, academics and technocrats.

These are some few factors that I could identify that will potentially work against BUHARI, his true intention not withstanding. If I was in a position to advise APC, I will tell them to look beyond Buhari and pick someone like BABATUNDE FASHOLA or even ROCHAS OKOROCHA. These are some of the good leaders that may give PDP A REAL NIGHTMARE.

Dereformer:

What most people don't know is that OBJ and IBB would rather die than see GMB become the president of this country.

AIRDIG:

Does the fact and figure below paint a portrait of an ethnic & religion fascist?
Are the media & Internet warriors feeding us with lies?
Are we trapped in the cycle of "crowd mentality"; parroting the lies & calumny of his enemies?
Are we capable of critical thinking and common-sense logic? You be the judge!

ANALYSIS OF THE 16 POSITIONS UNDER BUHARI'S GOVT (Note that Buhari's demography is highlighted in red font)
Religion
No of Muslim: 8
No of Christian: 8

Ethnicity I
Northerner: 10 = NC: 6 , NE: 3 , NW: 1
Southerner: 6 = SE: 2, SW: 2 , SS: 2

Ethnicity II
Middle-Belter: 5
Hausa: 2 + Fulani: 1
Yoruba: 3
Igbo: 2
Niger Deltan: 2
Kanuri: 1

Key Position
Chief of staff: Muslim Northerner (Military)
Defense: Christian Northerner (Military)
Finance: Christian Southerner (Civilian)
Energy: Christian Southerner (Civilian)
Justice: Christian Southerner (Civilian)

Civilian/Military Demography
Civilian: 9
Military: 7

Justcash:
@AIRDIG;
Your attempt to justify Buhari's ethno-religious impartiality is well worked out. However, I am sure that his utterances like the famous one about the "Dogs and Baboons being soaked in blood" in the event of a loss in 2015 and his statement encouraging Muslims to vote for only Muslim presidential aspirants greatly drown your commendable effort. His reasons for these statements may be clean, but he erred by not considering the level of ethno-religious suspicion in Nigeria.

AIRDIG:


[s]I am not a Buhari supporter. You can verify this by going through my posts.
I am just against the falsehood being peddled all over the media

Thou shall not lie -Source: 10 commandments[/s]

shizzleStar:
shut up!

you are not a buhari supporter yet you kept spamming every thread about buhari with your nosense, keep deceiving yourself

AIRDIG:


I am not a Buhari supporter. You can verify this by going through my posts.
I am just against the falsehood being peddled all over the media

Thou shall not lie -Source: 10 commandments

Justcash:


You are right, but your well presented statistics still reflected the fact that the North was greatly favored. Irrespective of the religious differences, the North was politically united in the 60s, 70s and 80s. It's not like I see anything strange in it. It's just that some of the statements about Buhari being biased in political appointments may have been true, if you look at them objectively. I also agree that some statements about him are pure lies, but I've seen more statements with evidence than mere assertions.

egift:
It is only Corrupt Politicians and their sychophants who made their money by duping Nigeria that are afraid of Buhari.

Buhari is elected will free these cash back to the system and also ensure that people do not blatantly steal government funds. That implies that there will be more money in the economy to develop the Nation and empower Nigerians to prosperity.

Every Nigerian must do all they can to make sure Buhari is elected. And that few rich men do not buy our soul, fortunes and the future of Nigeria.