Essential reporting and analysis from correspondents around the world. It was helped by voting day problems in opposition strongholds, where election officials often arrived late - in some places three-and-a-half hours after polls should have closed. }); Saturdays election was marred by technical and staff problems that saw voting delayed by a day or more at some polling stations. Nigerian President-elect Bola Tinubu would most likely have lost the election had it been held last year - before the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) split three ways. Mr. Obis and Mr. Abubakars opposition parties, as well as one smaller party, rejected the election results on Tuesday, calling for it to be canceled and rerun because, they said, there had been extensive vote rigging. Nigeria's Labour Party to Challenge Presidential Election Result in Court. Mr Tinubu has won I'm Renee Montagne. Nigeria's ruling party candidate and former Lagos governor Bola Tinubu was ahead in the vote count from Saturday's presidential election, a Reuters tally of provisional results in 12 out of 36 states showed. Di states be Because there is a lot of rigging and malpractices a lot. PARTY AFFILIATION: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) POSITION: The incumbent. e){for(;0
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