Nigeria seeks better luck as power shifts to General Buhari 5 Photos . Updated: 01 Apr 2015, 11:56 AM IST Livemint In the first democratic change of power in Africa's most populous nation, former military strongman Muhammadu Buhari won the presidential election in Nigeria defeating incumbent Goodluck Jonathan. 1/5The 72-year-old former army general Muhammadu Buhari led a tough military regime in the 1980s, after a successful military coup in 1983. Although an autocrat while in power, he handled corruption with reasonabe firmness. He now claims to be a “democratic convert”. AP 2/5Incumbent president Goodluck Jonathan. Son of a Christian boat-maker from south, he became president in 2010. Jonathan is accused of failing to tackle the Boko Haram menace in the muslim north, and the widespread poverty and corruption in the oil rich country. AFP 3/5Voting in Yolo. Despite living in Africa’s top oil producer, most of the country’s 173 million people survive on less than $2 a day and receive a paltry supply of electricity. AP 4/5Islamist insurgency by Boko Haram has and continues to claim thousand of lives in the country. Killings and kidnapping of civilians, including hundreds of school girls have become a norm. Reuters 5/5Thousands of people spilled into the streets in northern Nigeria to celebrate Buhari’s victory. Since independence in 1960, Nigeria has seen six military coups and this is the first time the opposition has voted a government out of power in 16 years of democracy. AFP