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Mixed reactions as New York Times describes Atiku as a ‘corrupt-stained candidate’

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Nigerians on Twitter have criticised the New York Times over its report on the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari, where it described the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar as ‘a corruption-stained candidate’.

In the opening paragraph of the article written by one Dionne Searcey and titled ‘Muhammadu Buhari wins Second term as Nigeria’s President,’ the NYT wrote:

“Officials declared early Wednesday that Muhammadu Buhari had won a second term as president of Africa’s most populous country, where voters rejected a corruption-stained candidate in favor of a leader who promised to continue a campaign to eliminate graft.”

The report angered some Nigerians who believed the American-based media was biased in its description of Atiku as “a corruption-stained candidate”, while others felt it was an apt description of the PDP’s candidate.

The article which was shared on the New York Times’ Twitter page has so far garnered over 3000 retweets and 3359 likes.

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