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Toast to Atiku, Besigye, Raila: Africa's long-suffering presidential candidates

Atiku, Besigye, Raila

By losing, it also means we never get to see them win power and fail as presidents, like many promising opposition figures have done.

By  Charles Onyango-Obbo

Columnist

On March 1, Nigeria's ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu was declared the winner of the contentious February 25 presidential election.

Tinubu, 70, torchbearer for the All Progressives Congress (APC) party, won 8.8 million votes against 6.9 million for opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Atiku Abubakar and 6.1 million for fresh-faced insurgent Labour Party's Peter Obi.

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