konknaijaboy | On 02, Apr 2015

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — As Nigerians celebrated the electrifying victory Wednesday that returned one of its harshest former dictators to power, sobering challenges confront Muhammadu Buhari, from an Islamic insurgency that has killed thousands to widespread poverty and graft.

The 72-year-old Buhari made history as the first opposition party candidate to win elections in Africa’s most populous nation, ending President Goodluck Jonathan’s bid for another term. For a former general who three decades ago led Nigeria following a coup, it was an amazing transformation to a democratically elected president.

Fresh from his victory, Buhari warned the country’s brutal Boko Haram insurgents that he would be coming after them.

“Boko Haram will soon know the strength of our will and commitment to rid this nation of terror,” he said Wednesday as he received a certificate attesting to his victory. “We shall spare no effort until we defeat terrorism.”

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