Attacks Near Nigeria’s Capital Threaten National Elections

Terrorists ambush president's motorcade in his home state

Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari addresses troops at an airforce base at Maiduguri on Dec. 23, 2021, at which four people were killed by jihadist rockets hours before he arrived. Audu Marte/AFP via Getty Images

ABUJA, Nigeria—A series of terror attacks near Nigeria’s seat of power has embarrassed officials and threatens to disrupt the country’s general elections in 2023.

Three incidents near the capital, Abuja, on July 5 have shocked President Muhammadu Buhari and exposed his administration’s failure to end terrorism during his seven years in power.