{"id":3741,"date":"2019-02-02T16:48:56","date_gmt":"2019-02-02T16:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=3741"},"modified":"2019-02-02T16:48:56","modified_gmt":"2019-02-02T16:48:56","slug":"buhari-vs-atiku-again-economist-magazine-predicts-winner-of-presidential-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-vs-atiku-again-economist-magazine-predicts-winner-of-presidential-election","title":{"rendered":"Buhari vs Atiku: Again, Economist magazine predicts winner of presidential election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The intelligence unit of global magazine, The Economist, has predicted that candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar will win the 2019 presidential election this month.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1524595905268-4\" data-google-query-id=\"CPqs_cy5neACFdXe7QodQXwEdg\">\n<p>In a series of tweets yesterday, it however, pointed out that the margin of victory was narrowing as the elections approach but Atiku will win the historic elections.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1856\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/atiku-attacks-buhari-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/atiku-attacks-buhari-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/atiku-attacks-buhari-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/atiku-attacks-buhari-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/atiku-attacks-buhari-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Africa, noted that Atiku\u2019s hinting of possible amnesty to looters, if elected president was an impolitic statement to make days to an election.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1524595905268-5\" data-google-query-id=\"CPus_cy5neACFdXe7QodQXwEdg\">\n<p>It wrote: \u201c#NigeriaDecides2019 : Less than 2 weeks before #Nigeria\u2018s presidential election. Abubakar has floated idea of corruption amnesty. It is arguably an impolitic time for such a delicate proposal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbubakar is hard-pressed to convince voters that he is a clean politician, having been on the receiving end of numerous graft allegations in the past.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe retain out forecast for #Abubakar to win, but expected margin of victory is narrowing as the poll approaches,\u201d EIU Africa tweeted<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-20\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The intelligence unit of global magazine, The Economist, has predicted that candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar will win the 2019 presidential election this month. 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