article_snippet.sent: Buhari, who some 30 years ago was Nigeria's harsh military leader, could of course prove to be a disaster; so many self-described reformers have been.
article_snippet.sent: On the contrary, Buhari is associated with an earlier period in Nigerian history when the army was relatively well paid and respected.
article_snippet.sent: Buhari ran Nigeria in the early 1980s along dictatorial lines, for sure.
article_snippet.sent: But Buhari also ran a War Against Indiscipline when in power in which civil servants who were late to work were ordered to do frog jumps, drug dealers were publicly executed, and some 474 politicians and business were arrested on charges of corruption.
article_snippet.sent: Buhari was removed in a coup, and Buhari left office with the rare distinction of not having made very much money from office.
article_snippet.sent: Buhari has Buhari critics, many of whom charge Buhari with misrepresenting Buhari CV and being a closet authoritarian.
highlights_snippet.sent: Muhammadu Buhar's an ex-dictator, but there's reason for optimism .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Muhammadu Buhar may be tonic to years of misrule .