Bola Tinubu wins Nigeria’s presidential election against Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi

BBC reported that ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu who campaigned for the presidency under the slogan: “It’s my turn” has been declared the winner of Nigeria’s disputed presidential election.

The 70-year-old veteran politician got 36% of the vote, official results show. His main rival Atiku Abubakar polled 29%, and Labour’s Peter Obi 25%. Their parties had earlier dismissed the poll as a sham, and demanded a rerun.

Tinubu is one of Nigeria’s richest politicians, and based his campaign on his record of rebuilding the biggest city, Lagos, when he was governor. He was nevertheless defeated in the city by Obi, a relative newcomer who mobilised the support of many young people, especially in urban areas, shaking up the country’s two-party system.

Tinubu won most other states in his home region of the south-west, where he is known as a “political godfather”.