Doubts linger about whether longtime northern PDP leaders, used to cutting midnight deals with their southern counterparts, would break ranks and support Ribadu next year. Conservative northerners also view Buhari, an ascetic politician popular with the region’s poor, with unease.
不过，对于那些习惯了和南方派私分权力的人民民主党北方派大佬是否会在明年另立山头，转而支持利巴杜，人们还是有很大疑问的。保守的北方派对布哈里这位奉行禁欲主义，且深受国内穷人支持的政治家也感到心里没底。