Ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu declared winner of Nigeria’s presidential election

Nigerians awoke to a new president Wednesday, with ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu declared the winner of the country’s election. As he thanked his supporters he appealed for reconciliation with his rivals, who are already demanding a revote in Africa’s most populous nation.

Tinubu received 37 per cent of the votes, or nearly 8.8 million, while main opposition candidate Abubakar won 29 per cent with almost 7 million. Third-place finisher Obi took 25 per cent with about 6.1 million, according to the results announced on live television by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

The announcement of his victory came after 4 a.m., but celebrations already had started late Tuesday at the ruling party’s national secretariat where Tinubu’s supporters had gathered in anticipation of his victory. The tightly contested election has redrawn Nigeria’s electoral geography and produced results that are significantly different from those of past polls, with this being the first time that a president takes office with less than 50 per cent of the vote and where four candidates won over a million votes, say analysts.

Tinubu clinched victory in part because the opposition vote was split and because his party had the strongest push to get people out to vote, said Amaka Anku, Africa director at the Eurasia Group consultancy. The Supreme Court of Nigeria has never overturned a presidential election, though court challenges are common, including by Buhari, who doggedly fought his past election losses for months in vain.

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