Hours before the results were announced Tuesday, the opposition alleged widespread technological problems, delays in poll openings on Election Day, violence and voter intimidation, and manipulation of results. When the opposition says the process was broken, its hard to argue with them., Mucahid Durmaz, a senior analyst at Verisk Maplecroft, said that failure to oversee a credible and transparent process in the highly anticipated vote risks plunging the country into electoral chaos at a time when public discontentment toward the state institutions is already significantly high., The election marked the first time in Nigerias modern history that a third-party candidate posed a substantial challenge to the two candidates from its main political parties. We're submitting our case to the court of law. Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors. ), Sitemap | Privacy Policy | Terms and Conditions Mr Obi from the previously little-known Labour Party ran for the first time, promising to challenge the two-party system. Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been declared as the winner of Nigeria's presidential elections, beating out two other prominent candidates. There are 36 states plus Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). e){for(;01")}else d(g+"->2");return!1}function J(a){var b= Indeed, Mr. Tinubu took a more conciliatory tone than usual when he addressed the nation early Wednesday, reaching out to the Nigerians who didnt vote for him, and telling the youth: I hear you loud and clear.. 12:43 am: Rivers state is next. QUIST: Critics accuse Nigeria's electoral commission of creating the crisis in the first place by excluding Atiku from the ballot. We commend the active participation of civil society and the media for advancing electoral norms and political discourse on issues of importance to citizens. Hundreds massacred in Ethiopia even as peace deal was being reached, Governments shut down the internet more often than ever, report says, China, saying it can mediate on Ukraine, hosts Putins ally Lukashenko, thus meeting both requirements to win Nigerias presidency, support among young people in urban areas. Out of the 36 states and the FCT listed above, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Tinubu won 12 while the Peoples Democratic Party His campaign highlighted a video last year of Tinubu on an exercise bike to demonstrate his fitness. hide caption. Heis a man of many nicknames, both reverent and irreverent. Susan Beachy contributed research. The United States congratulates the people of Nigeria, President-elect Tinubu, and all political leaders following the declaration by Nigerias Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the results of the February 25 presidential election. Yar'Adua was declared winner of the presidential election in Nigeria Monday. Each "readystatechange - "+document.readyState;"complete"===document.readyState||"loaded"===document.readyState? First published on Tue 26 Feb 2019 16.28 EST. WebThe runner-up was former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari, who represented the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP). Also, the campaign against APCs Muslim-Muslim ticket for the presidency was seen by many as evil, inconsiderate and insensitive, and led to what some members of the ruling party described as protest votes against the ticket. "itemListElement": [] In the end, turnout was just 27% and Mr Tinubu received 8.8 million ballots - less than 10% of the 93 million registered voters. Bola Tinubu of Nigerias ruling party wins presidential election. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". Despite its vast oil riches, more than 60 percent of people here live in poverty. adsNoBanner: 1, In the House of Representatives 360 members are elected by simple majority vote in single-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms. !1,g=!1,m=null,h=null,l=H(!1);return{isDefine:function(){return b},setDefine:function(e,q){!0===g?d(45,a):!1===b? PAY ATTENTION: heck out news that is picked exactly for YOU click on Recommended for you and enjoy! DATE OF BIRTH: November 20, 1957. This was the first national election where an electronic device had been used to accredit voters. But theyre just moving ahead amidst this perception that the election may not have been free and fair.. The APC is the fruit of Mr Tinubu's hard work and he is known as a "political godfather" - helping put Mr Buhari in office eight years ago. Nigerias ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu is leading in the presidential election after results were released in 14 of the countrys 36 states. g&&d(16,b);else{if("https://"===b.substr(0,8)||"http://"===b.substr(0,7)||"//"===b.substr(0,2))return b;for(var f in a)if(0===b.indexOf(f+"/")){f=b.replace(f,a[f]);if(b!==f)return u(e)?f+". if ('serviceWorker' in navigator) { Rotimi Oyekanmi, a spokesman for Nigerias electoral body, defended the process as free, fair and credible, dismissing calls for a rerun. The APC candidate, Mr Tinubu, won in 11 local government areas of the state but his total number of votes garnered was less than Mr Obis tally by less than 10,000. In his acceptance speech early Wednesday, Tinubu promised to be a leader for all Nigerians including those who had not supported him. While Mr Kwankwaso, a northern politician popular in Kano, Nigeria's second-largest city, broke ranks and went to the NNPP to get a shot at the presidency. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP/Getty Images We shouldn't loose sight of the big picture, that we did succeed in a major undertaking, that this is the first time in our history that we have had a (unintelligible) elections. Nigerias ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu is leading in the presidential election after results were released in 14 of the countrys 36 states. *Data sourced from African Elections Database due to the absence of verified data from INEC. WebEthno-regional divisions were renewed following the annulment of the presidential elections of 1993 and have failed to recede, even after new administrative units were results to the press a few days prior to the election. The government redesigned the currency, leading to widespread cash shortages just before the vote. The United States State Department This competitive election represents a new period for Nigerian politics and democracy. Yes, absolutely, Olawale said. !1:s.isLoad(a)},!1,33);t(r,"toUrl",function(a){if(u(a))return s.resolvePath(a, PLACE OF BIRTH: Bayelsa State, Nigeria. The 70-year-old veteran politician got 37% of the vote, official results show. :[eE][+-]?\d+|)/g; Its chairman Mahmood Yakubu said the announcement of results would continue. dv_host: "PULSE_NG", February 28, 2023 at 10:15 p.m. EST. I'm Renee Montagne. Presidential candidate for the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) Umaru Yar'Adua, left, appears on a billboard with running mate, Goodluck Jonathan. But more recently, many Nigerians have taken to calling Mr. Tinubu Balablu a reference to a speech in which he tried and failed to say the word hullabaloo and a shorthand to imply that he is too old and sometimes not coherent enough to take on the leadership of Africas largest economy and one of its most complex, diverse nations. (m(a,g,e(),c()),!0):!1}function m(a,d,c,e){function k(){setTimeout(function(){v(48,"run timeout "+e);g()},e)}function g(){setTimeout(function(){0< She holds a degree from Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti. Their current president, Muhammadu Buhari an octogenarian who ruled the country as a military dictator in the 1980s and returned as a democrat in 2015 has spent much of his time in office receiving treatment in London for an illness he hasnt disclosed. Ope Adetayo. He will have to work hard to gain the trust of the southeast, and the mostly Christian members of the Igbo ethnic group who live there, said Mucahid Durmaz, a senior West Africa analyst at the risk intelligence company Verisk Maplecroft. Nigerians are clearly within their rights to have such concerns and should have high expectations for their electoral processes. The APC said those dissatisfied with the results should go to court, and that the parties should first let the process run its course. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. President-elect Bola Tinubu, center, displays his certificate, accompanied by his wife Oluremi Tinubu, right, and chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission Mahmood Yakubu at a ceremony in Abuja, Nigeria, March 1, 2023. This competitive election represents a new period for Nigerian Tinubu, who had the support of Buhari and a massive get-out-the-vote effort behind him, ran on the slogan Its my turn. He benefited because the opposition was divided between Obi, 61, a former governor popular among the youth, and Abubakar, 76, on his sixth bid for the presidency. 00:31. This allowed Mr Abubakar, its major financier and a Muslim former vice-president from the north-east, to run once more. Bola Tinubu, declared the winner on Wednesday in the presidential election, has boasted of making the careers of major politicians. The Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) has denied the opposition parties complaints. Presidential candidate for the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) Umaru Yar'Adua, left, appears on a billboard with running mate, Goodluck Jonathan. Bola Tinubu of Nigerias ruling party wins presidential election. There were also in many places all kinds of attempts by different parties to thwart the electoral process. In fact, I already rejected the election. But in Mr. Tinubu, many others see a capable pair of hands with extensive experience, who turned around Nigerias biggest city, Lagos, when he served as governor of Lagos State, from 1999 to 2007. Education and infrastructure should be his priorities.. Peter Obi of the Labour Party has been declared the winner of the presidential election in Lagos, Nigerias most populous state. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". There is a huge disparity between the actual experience of people and the promise that INEC made as to how the election would go, Ajileye said. WebNigeria held state legislative and gubernatorial elections on 14 April 2007 as well as presidential and national legislative elections on April 21, 2007, in which more than 35 Atiku Abubakar of the PDP came third with 75,750 votes. Any hard decisions he has to make there are people waiting to prove that those decisions are detrimental, even if they may be right decisions, he said. This worked in the APC's favour, which stuck to a strategy that has served it well in the past - securing the votes in its bases in the north and west. If people were happy youd see jubilation, he said. The results as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission at the states collation centre on Monday morning are reproduced below: Mr Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, in south-east Nigeria, received massive support from the electorates, especially in the areas densely populated by non-Yoruba speaking residents. var pulse2EmbedConfig = { pulsevideo: { player: "flowplayer", params: { autoplayNext: !0, enableAds: !1 }, plugins: [{ script: "https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/sdkloader/ima3.js" }, { script: "https://embed.videos.ringpublishing.com/flowplayer/plugins/ads.min.js", config: { ima: { ads: [{ adTag: "https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/live/ads?iu=/53159133/PulseNG_video_640x360&description_url=[placeholder]&tfcd=0&npa=0&sz=640x360&gdfp_req=1&output=vast&unviewed_position_start=1&env=vp&impl=s&correlator=", time: 0 }] } } }] }, OnettvVideo: { 'MAIN_ELEMENT': { preset: "mainVideoRADPGh", enableGoogleAnalytics: 2, volume: 0, enableEndScreen: 1, autoplayRelated: 1, enableAds: 1, adserverUrl: "https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/live/ads?iu=/53159133/PulseNG_video_640x360&description_url=[placeholder]&tfcd=0&npa=0&sz=640x360&gdfp_req=1&output=vast&unviewed_position_start=1&env=vp&impl=s&correlator=", floatingControls: 1, embedType: 'inTextVideo', showAdvertComment: 1 }, 'INTEXT': { preset: "mainVideoRADPGh", enableGoogleAnalytics: 2, volume: 0, enableEndScreen: 1, autoplayRelated: 1, enableAds: 1, adserverUrl: "https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/live/ads?iu=/53159133/PulseNG_video_640x360&description_url=[placeholder]&tfcd=0&npa=0&sz=640x360&gdfp_req=1&output=vast&unviewed_position_start=1&env=vp&impl=s&correlator=", floatingControls: 1, embedType: 'inTextVideo', showAdvertComment: 1 } }} In Anambra, Mr Abubakar recorded a landslide victory by polling 524,738 votes to defeat President Buhari who had 33,298 votes. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party have claimed there is a lack of transparency with the new electronic voter system. } Welcome to the Pulse Community! According to final Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) tallies from all 36 states and the federal capital Abuja, Tinubu garnered about 36.6% or 8.79 He did not want to alienate the huge Muslim voting bloc in the north - though he did draw the ire of most Christians by having a Muslim-Muslim ticket. At some voting centres in opposition strongholds, voting did not take place at all and there were also cases of ballot-box snatching, violence and voter intimidation in known opposition states in the south such as Rivers, Lagos and Delta. But Olawale sid that will only be possible if the evidence of manipulation presented by the parties is significant enough to have swayed the outcome. Assembly: Nigeria has a bicameral National Assembly consisting of the Senate with 109 seats and the House of Representatives with 360 seats. The United States congratulates the people of Nigeria, President-elect Tinubu, and all political leaders following the declaration by Nigerias Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the results of the February 25 presidential election. Presidential elections were last held on 19 April 2003. APC 231,591 LP 175,071 NNPP 1,322 PDP 88,468 This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. an hour ago. Look at Lagos all across the country, people bring their business here, said Olatungi Salami, 48, who cast his vote for Tinubu in Lagos on Saturday. Though Mr Tinubus APC won in the majority of the 20 local governments in Lagos (11), Mr Obis total votes were more, while he also won in the remaining nine local government areas. Each of the top three candidates was the leading vote-getter in 12 states, a remarkable first in Nigerias modern political era, reflecting the diversity of views that characterized the campaign and the wishes of Nigerias voters. window.addEventListener('load', function () { version 2.7 Atiku of the PDP scored 8,201 votes. Russia's uncertain democratic future gives it something in common with a nation that held an election over the weekend. At the time it was a truly national party that connected with millions countrywide, though its strongholds were in the south, where it was assured of votes in every election cycle. February 28, 2023 at 10:15 p.m. EST. Are you on Telegram? The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) was deployed in Nigeria from 1 March to 21 May 2011 following an invitation of INEC. A group of people protest the outcome of the 2023 presidential election and the emergence of Bola Tinubu as the president-elect in Abuja, Nigeria on March 1, 2023. There are 15 other candidates. Their supporters may be wishing they had taken that approach before the election. Nigerians voted on 23 February. This election was not free and was far from being fair or transparent, Julius Abure, the Labour Party chairman, said at the news conference. We started at roughly 10:00 o'clock. Secure .gov websites use HTTPS A lock ( Lock A locked padlock ) or https:// means youve safely connected to the .gov website. Labour's presidential candidate Peter Obi did not attend Wednesday's meeting but his deputy told reporters he and Obi will challenge presidential results in court. It is for them to show again that level of confidence.". "string"===typeof a&&"function"===typeof b?(u(a)?w("25.3",a):w("25.3"),y.define([],b)):A(a,b,"25.2")&&y.define(a,b):3===arguments.length? Another major contender in the election, the People's Democratic Party, PDP, is also challenging the results. It was free and fair. Though the PDP has now reclaimed some northern states it lost to the APC in 2019, it has bled heavily in its traditional southern strongholds, where Mr Obi did extremely well. Tinubu, 70, known as a kingmaker in Nigerian politics, received 36 percent of more than 24 million votes cast, according to results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In a sign of his support among young people in urban areas, Obi bested Tinubu in his home state of Lagos a major blow for the man whose supporters call him the Godfather of Lagos.. This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. typeof a&&""!==a?a:null}e=l(e);h(e,function(e){var g=k(e),h=g.split(". mobile: 'false', But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience. In the southern city of Lagos, where many young, educated residents were backing Mr Obi, BBC reporters met many people who arrived early but left after waiting hours for polling officers who never showed up. 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Because there is a lot of rigging and malpractices a lot. And what we did - I don't know any other country in the world that would have done it better. Check your inbox to be the first to know the hottest news. The ticket went against Nigerian political tradition, under which one Muslim and one Christian usually run together. International observer missions from the NDI-IRI and the EU have described the process as lacking transparency. Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. Atiku said the government must simply scrap a deeply flawed presidential poll. Labours Peter Obi has close to 18%, having caused an upset by defeating Mr Tinubu in the biggest city, Lagos. }); QUIST: Yes. !1:u(a.getAttribute("data-run-module"));return l? Voter apathy is not thought to have been as much of a factor as problems on voting day, given that 87 million people had gone to the trouble of physically going to collect their voter cards. 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