Bola Tinubu, of the Congress of Progressives (APC), obtained 8.8 million votes on Wednesday March 1, ahead of his main rivals Atiku Abubakar of the People's Democratic Party (PDP, 6.9 million votes) and Peter Obi of the Labor Party. (6.1 million votes), after one of the most contested elections in the democratic history of Nigeria.
He also won 25% of the vote in at least two-thirds of the federation's 36 states as well as the capital territory Abuja, a necessary condition to be declared the winner.
"Tinubu Bola Ahmed, of the APC, having satisfied the requirements of the law, is declared the winner and elected", announced at 4:20 local time (3:20 GMT) the president of the Inec, Mahmood Yakubu before the press in Abuja.
More than 87 million voters were called to ballot boxes on Saturday and the vote, whose turnout is not yet known, was generally peaceful.
But many observers have criticized delays in counting and major failures in the electronic transfer of results.
On Tuesday, even before the announcement of the final results, the opposition demanded the cancellation of the election, denouncing "massive" fraud.
Inec, for its part, brushed aside "unfounded and irresponsible" accusations, adding that the candidates were "free to go to court" if they considered themselves wronged.
Aged 70, Bola Tinubu, former governor of Lagos (southwest) and nicknamed "the godfather" because of his immense political influence, will succeed incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, 80, who is stepping down after two terms as wanted. the Constitution.
with AFP
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