However, there were signs that an alliance of the opposition parties would prove to be competitive. In fact, the CPC and ANPP were strong
runners-up in 14 of the 19 northern states, with the ACN finishing second in the remaining five. In Kano (the most populous state by National Bureau of Statistics estimates) the combined
result of ANPP and CPC would have overturned the gubernatorial result if the merger had taken place during the 2011 elections. Additionally, a stronger argument for the potential success of the alliance was the performance of former ANPP and CPC presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, who had twice delivered 12 million votes nationwide despite the lack of a coordinated and nationwide platform. These factors, alongside the defection of several key states, meant that the APC was a force to be reckoned with. And in March 2015, that force knocked out the incumbent party...
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