He’s the first man in that African giant to democratically unseat an inbcumbent president.

Muhammadu Buhari’s hard work began when Goodluck Jonathan called him yesterday to concede defeat in last Saturday’s election.

He’s now got to keep his campaign promises to defeat the Islamist terror group Boko Haram that made its deadly presence felt in the northeast of the country killing 20 people on polling day.

And he has to grab corruption by the scruff of the neck.

His harsh approach to the graft that is holding back Nigeria led to his being replaced as military leader after 20 months in the eighties.

Arguably his biggest problem – and there’s little he can do about it – is the depressed price of oil, which is the cornerstone of his economy.

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The man who last came to power, 32 years ago, via a coup says it’s just a matter of time before incumbent president Goodluck Jonathan concedes defeat.

Muhammadu Buhari’s All Progressives Congress says Nigeria’s witnessing history – the first party democratically to throw out a sitting president.

APC spokesman Lai Mohammed asserts the people of Nigeria have taken over.

He’s calling on Goodluck Jonathan to keep his promise to relinquish power after being voted out in a free and fair election.

Buhari’s played heavily on his tough military image in a country that has affectively been held to ransom by the Islamist terror group Boko Haram.

They killed 20 people with gunfire on polling day. Apart from that, this election has been one of Nigeria’s most peaceful.

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But observers say the closest presidential race in the nation’s history is far from over.

Counting of results from last Saturday’s Nigerian election will resume in a few hours.

The United States and Britain have warned of political interference in that process.

The voting exercise has got the thumbs up from regional and continental observers and an approving nod from the United Nations.

But there are now allegations of vote rigging in the count.

With six states still to be tallied, Muhammadu Buhari, who came two power 30 years ago via a military coup, has a lead of more than two-and-a-half million votes over Goodluck Jonathan.

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