Nigerians have elected a new leader to assume the office of the president on May 29. Bola Tinubu, the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), was declared the winner of the presidential election Wednesday, extending the APC’s rule in Africa’s largest democracy.
As he thanked his supporters, Mr Tinubu appealed for reconciliation with his rivals, who are already demanding a cancellation of the poll which they said was marred by voter suppression and the failure of INEC to upload polling unit results from the over 176,000 polling stations to a web portal as stipulated in its guideline.
In the election held on Saturday, Mr Tinubu, 70, scored 8,794,726 votes, the highest of all the candidates, finally achieving a goal he called lifelong ambition in January 2022.
He also scored over 25 per cent of the votes cast in 29 states, more than the 24 states constitutionally required.
His closest rival, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), scored…
