In the early hours of Tuesday, February 28, 2023, Bola Tinubu the candidate of Nigeria’s ruling party was declared president-elect of Africa’s most populous nation following a weekend election that the main opposition parties have disputed.
Bola Tinubu was declared the winner of Nigeria’s presidential election, a victory that will place him at the helm of Africa’s biggest economy as it confronts a deepening fiscal crisis https://t.co/Vs9xHxYUfW
— Bloomberg Africa (@BloombergAfrica) March 1, 2023
A former governor of Lagos state, Tinubu will now lead a country that has been plagued by Islamist insurgencies in the northeast, armed attacks, killings and kidnappings, conflict between livestock herders and farmers, cash, fuel and power shortages and perennial corruption which Buhari’s opponents say the party has failed to stamp out despite promises to do so.
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How many Votes did Tinubu get?
According to INEC, Tinubu received 8.79 million votes, while Atiku Abubakar the main opposition candidate received 6.98 million. Peter Obi, a political outsider who was well-received by young people received 6.1 million votes.
To win the presidency in Nigeria, Tinubu needed only to receive a plurality of the vote of more than 50% in at least two-thirds of the 36 states and the federal capital Abuja.
On Tuesday 28 Feb 2023, opposition parties demanded INEC’s chairman, Mahmood Yakubu resign after rejecting the results as the product of a flawed process marred by multiple technical difficulties caused by the introduction of new technology.
During his two terms as governor of Lagos state at the turn of the century, Tinubu reduced violent crime, improved traffic congestion and cleaned up the city’s garbage. He urged voters to elect him based on these achievements.
Some people have doubted the 70-year-efficacy old’s because he has sometimes appeared frail in public, slurring his speech and answering questions with platitudes. He has also missed several campaign events.
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