Nigeria presidential results

Results in so far from Nigeria's presidential poll give the ruling party candidate 47% of the vote.

Counting has been under way since polls closed on Sunday, with the final tally expected within five days.

He has selected Ifeanyi Okowa, the outgoing governor of Delta State in the south and Christian, as his running mate. One big achievement was a significant scholarship scheme that benefitted thousands of students from low-income households in Kano, previously known for its high numbers of the almajirai, out-of-school child beggars. Seen as a wildcard in the race, New Nigerian People’s Party’s (NNPP) Kwankwaso comes with enough experience to match the other frontrunners. He was on the PDP ticket alongside Abubakar in 2019. The outgoing Buhari is a northern Muslim. If no candidate meets these criteria, a run-off will be held within 21 days, with only the top two candidates allowed to participate.

Leading candidates in Nigeria's 2023 presidential election (from left) Bola Tinubu of the ruling APC, Atiku Abubakar of PDP and Peter Obi of Labour Party.

He also noted the system of uploading results needed to be reviewed in real time and communication on the voting and collation process should be enhanced. Meanwhile, also irked by the outcome of the results from its stronghold, APC has called on its restless supporters to be calm and promised to uphold the outcome of the results. “Having observed that INEC chairman is determined to rig the elections by making sure that results are not uploaded, we are not here to rubber stamp the electoral fraud that has been prepared by INEC and the APC,” he said. He added that according to Section 60 of the Nigerian Electoral Act 2022, an election presiding officer is mandated to announce the results at the polling unit in the presence of party agents. According to Onifade, the Amended Electoral Act of Nigeria says that election results were to be uploaded to the central server from the polling units and that the manual collation made no sense. He said that Nigerians swamped the party with calls and protests over INEC’s non-compliance with provisions of the electoral guidelines and the "obvious manipulations of the election results".

Early results have put Bola Tinubu from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) well ahead of the main opposition Peoples Democratic party (PDP) candidate, ...

In recent weeks, an effort to replace almost all Nigeria’s banknotes – in part to reduce the widespread practice of vote-buying – has caused massive economic disruption and much popular anger. “Contrary to the insinuation by both parties, results emanating from the states point to a free, fair and credible process,” Inec said in response. This is what the delay is about. It’s not about serving the people, it is about serving the self. If provisional votes yet to be officially declared by Inec were included, Obi would be in second place six points behind the leader. “The election is irretrievably compromised and we have totally lost faith in the entire process,” the Labour party chairman Julius Abure told reporters at a press conference alongside PDP representatives.

Opposition parties in Nigeria have called for the presidential election to be scrapped, describing it as a sham. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the ...

they are cooking up results," one man told the BBC. Mr Obi is third, with 18%. A candidate needs to have the most votes nationwide and at least a quarter of ballots cast in 25 of the 36 states plus Abuja to be declared the winner. A group of angry protesters denounced the electoral commission outside the national collation centre in the capital, Abuja. The opposition parties were critical of the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) and its handling of the electronic voting system. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party said results had been manipulated, and they wanted a new election to be organised.

All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Tinubu (C-L) and his wife Oluremi Tinubu (C-R) arrive to vote at a polling station in Lagos on ...

APC blasted Obasanjo’s statement as tantamount to “subtly calling” for “a coup against democracy and the constitution.” But the government warned him not to truncate the elections with “his inciting, self-serving and provocative letter on the elections,” in a “The election fell well short of Nigerian citizens’ reasonable expectations,” said a joint observer mission of the International Republican Institute (IRI) and National Democratic Institute (NDI). The election process has been dogged with controversy, and the announcement at the national collation center in Abuja has seen some tense moments, with opposition party members walking out of the collation center as the results were being announced Monday. “We call on the international community to note that the results being declared at the National Collation centre have been heavily doctored and manipulated and do not reflect the wishes of Nigerians expressed at the polls on February 25, 2023,” they said. They said their parties would no longer be part of the ongoing collation process in the capital Abuja and added they had lost confidence in the electoral body Chairman Mahmood Yakubu, said a joint statement from the Peoples Democratic Party, Labour Party, and African Democratic Congress in Abuja on Tuesday.