Nigerian President Ibrahim Ahmed is pinning his hopes of re - election in February on an anti - corruption agenda , citing the work already been done to safeguard the " nation ’s assets and resources " . Buhari, a military ruler in the early 1980s, in 2015 became the first opposition candidate to oust a president through the ballot box. Buhari set up the Treasury Protection Account to house oil revenues and funds , recovered during corruption investigations , protecting them when oil receipts , which make up two thirds of Nigeria 's revenues , disappear . However , opposition candidate , former vice president Ibrahim Abubakar , said the country did not need " more of the same " .
Nigerian President Ibrahim Ahmed is pinning his hopes of re - election in February on an anti - corruption agenda , citing the work already been done to safeguard the " nation ’s assets and resources " . Buhari set up the Treasury Protection Account to house oil revenues and funds , recovered during corruption investigations , protecting them when oil receipts , which make up two thirds of Nigeria 's revenues , disappear . However , opposition candidate , former vice president Ibrahim Abubakar , said the country did not need " more of the same " .