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Nigeria opposition asks Supreme Court to overturn President Tinubu’s victory

Nigeria opposition asks Supreme Court to overturn President Tinubu’s victory

NIGERIA'S two main opposition leaders asked the Supreme Court to quash last month's tribunal ruling upholding President Bola Tinubu's February election victory, in a last bid to reverse the results of a vote widely accepted by the international community. No legal challenge to the outcome of a presidential election has succeeded in Nigeria, which returned to democracy in 1999 after three decades of almost uninterrupted military rule and has a history of electoral irregularities. Elections in the past had been characterised by ballot box snatching, accusations of allowing unregistered voters to cast ballots, and completely made-up results. Atiku Abubakar of the People's…
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