People's Democratic Party (Nigeria) to five years in prison. The party is a moderate advocate of state-autonomy and religious freedom for the Nigerian provinces. In the year 2000 the introduction of Islamic law in some states in Northern Nigeria triggered sectarian violence in Kaduna and Abia states. The PDP-led federal government refused to bow to pressure from the southern, predominantly Christian states to repeal the law, and instead opted for a compromise where Islamic law would only apply to Muslims. In the 2015 elections, the incumbent president and PDP presidential nominee, Goodluck Jonathan, was defeated by General Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress
Robert S. Rivkin current "Bloomberg" columnist Jonathan Alter is a cousin of Rivkin. Rivkin is the godson of former Democratic Presidential candidate Hubert Humphrey. In 1988, Rivkin married Cindy S. Moelis in a Jewish ceremony at the East River Yacht Club in Long Island City, Queens; they have two daughters, Stephanie and Claire, and a son, Alexander. His wife, Cindy S. Moelis, served as the director of the White House Fellows Program under President Barack Obama and is now President of the Pritzker Traubert Foundation. Robert S. Rivkin Robert S. Rivkin (born December 6, 1960) is Deputy Mayor of the City of Chicago,