Former Lagos governor polled ahead of Abubakar and Obi in Nigeria’s most competitive election since end of military rule in 1999
Nigeria’s ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu was on Wednesday declared winner of the weekend presidential election by the electoral commission, after defeating two of his closest rivals.
The former governor of commercial hub Lagos polled 8.79m votes, ahead of main opposition challenger Atiku Abubakar’s 6.98m votes. Peter Obi, an outsider popular with younger voters, garnered 6.1m votes. With president Muhammadu Buhari stepping down, many Nigerians hoped Saturday’s vote would open the way to a leader able to tackle insecurity, ease economic malaise and manage poverty in their West African state.
On Tuesday, Nigeria’s main opposition parties called for the presidential election to be scrapped, alleging that results showing the ruling party’s candidate in the lead had been manipulated.
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