Fourth Nigerian Republic Federal Republic of Nigeria. In the controversial general election on 21 April 2007, Umaru Yar'Adua of the PDP was elected President. Following the death of Umaru Yar'Adua on 5 May 2010, Goodluck Jonathan became the third president(Interim) and later won the election the following year which was largely accredited as freer and fairer than all the previous elections of the 4th Republic. Muhammadu Buhari then won the general elections on 28 March 2015 after the PDP rule of sixteen years (1999–2015). Fourth Nigerian Republic The Fourth Republic is the republican government of Nigeria. Since 1999 it has governed the country
Goodluck Jonathan interview, the president said Muhammadu Buhari will not be able to fight corruption with nerves, suggesting that technology must be employed in fighting corruption. He said: "You see, under our laws, the best a president can do is sack his appointee or employee and then the EFCC or ICPC will take them to court. There is nothing any Nigerian president can do beyond that. The rest is left to the court. I cannot jail anybody. Our laws do not allow the president to jail anybody. The best Buhari can do is sack people and send them to court. We have