Nigerian Ruling Party’s Bola Tinubu Wins Race for Presidency
- President-elect confronts plethora of economic challenges
- Labour Party’s Obi wins 12 states, almost quarter of vote
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Bola Tinubu was declared the winner of Nigeria’s presidential election, a victory that will place him at the helm of Africa’s biggest economy as it confronts a deepening fiscal crisis, acute shortages of local and foreign currency and gasoline, and widespread insecurity.
The ruling All Progressives Congress party’s candidate won 35.2% of the votes cast on Feb. 25, while Atiku Abubakar of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party finished runner up with about 28%, official results announced on Wednesday showed. The election was marred by glitches and delays in collating the results, which prompted the two main opposition parties to boycott the process.