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Nigeria’s Atiku, supporters march to protest presidential election results

Nigeria’s Atiku, supporters march to protest presidential election results

CAMILLUS EBOH NIGERIAN presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar led hundreds of supporters in a peaceful protest over the electoral commission's handling of last month's disputed vote which the commission says was won by ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu. Atiku and senior members of the opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) led placard-holding supporters during a march to the offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the federal capital Abuja where they handed in a petition. INEC's results showed that Tinubu won the Feb. 25 election with 37% of the vote against Atiku's 29%, while Labour Party's Peter Obi polled 25%. Atiku…
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Nigeria’s Obi says he, not Tinubu, won presidential election

Nigeria’s Obi says he, not Tinubu, won presidential election

CAMILLUS EBOH NIGERIAN presidential candidate Peter Obi said he had won Saturday's election, called Bola Tinubu's victory fraudulent and promised to claim the top job through legal means. Tinubu, the ruling party candidate, was declared president-elect of Africa's most populous nation on Wednesday, having won 37% of the vote. He said the election was credible and the reported problems had had no impact on the overall outcome. The main opposition candidate, Atiku Abubakar, received 29% of the vote, while Obi, an outsider popular with young and educated urban voters, got 25%, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). "Let me assure…
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