2019 Nigerian Presidential Election - Incumbent Muhammadu Buhari to run in 2019 presidential elections seeking second term

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will be seeking a second term in office in elections due next year, his office has said. 

It ends months of speculation about whether the 74-year-old leader plans to run for re-election.

His first term has been beset by poor health, which saw him spend months in the UK last year receiving treatment.

Mr Buhari defeated former President Goodluck Jonathan in the 2015 election.
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He was the first opposition leader to defeat an incumbent in Nigeria.