{"id":4385,"date":"2023-03-01T17:58:59","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T17:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=4385"},"modified":"2023-03-01T17:58:59","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T17:58:59","slug":"nigerias-bola-tinub-declared-winner-of-presidential-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/politics\/nigerias-bola-tinub-declared-winner-of-presidential-election\/2023\/03\/01\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria’s Bola Tinub Declared Winner of Presidential Election"},"content":{"rendered":"

ABUJA,<\/span> Nigeria<\/span> (Reuters)<\/span> –<\/span> Election<\/span> officials<\/span> have<\/span> declared<\/span> Mr<\/span> Bora<\/span> Tinub<\/span> victorious<\/span> in<\/span> \u00a0Nigerian<\/span> presidential<\/span> election,<\/span> retaining<\/span> the<\/span> ruling<\/span> party<\/span> in<\/span> Africa’s<\/span> most<\/span> populous<\/span> country,<\/span> according<\/span> to<\/span> opposition<\/span> supporters<\/span> who<\/span> had<\/span> already<\/span> called<\/span> for<\/span> votes.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> former<\/span> governor<\/span> of<\/span> Lagos<\/span> state,<\/span> 70-year-old<\/span> Tinub,<\/span> delivered<\/span> his<\/span> victory<\/span> speech<\/span> before<\/span> dawn<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> capital<\/span> Abuja,<\/span> calling<\/span> for<\/span> reconciliation<\/span> with<\/span> his<\/span> rival.<\/span> But<\/span> the<\/span> opposition<\/span> vice-presidential<\/span> candidate<\/span> has<\/span> signaled<\/span> that<\/span> a<\/span> court<\/span> challenge<\/span> is<\/span> imminent.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Nigeria,<\/span> Africa’s<\/span> largest<\/span> economy<\/span> and<\/span> one<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> continent’s<\/span> largest<\/span> oil<\/span> producers,<\/span> has<\/span> experienced<\/span> deadly<\/span> riots<\/span> following<\/span> its<\/span> last<\/span> presidential<\/span> election.<\/span> After<\/span> taking<\/span> office<\/span> on<\/span> May<\/span> 29,<\/span> Tinub<\/span> called<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> Nigerian<\/span> people<\/span> to<\/span> unite<\/span> in<\/span> support<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> government.<\/span> However,<\/span> analysts<\/span> said<\/span> Tinubu<\/span> received<\/span> only<\/span> 37%<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> vote,<\/span> or<\/span> nearly<\/span> 8.8<\/span> million<\/span> votes.<\/span> According<\/span> to<\/span> official<\/span> results,<\/span> the<\/span> opposition<\/span> frontrunner,<\/span> Atiku<\/span> Abubakar,<\/span> won<\/span> 29%<\/span> of<\/span> him<\/span> with<\/span> around<\/span> 7<\/span> million,<\/span> while<\/span> his<\/span> third-placed<\/span> Obi<\/span> won<\/span> 25%<\/span> of<\/span> him<\/span> with<\/span> around<\/span> 6.1<\/span> million.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Hours<\/span> after<\/span> election<\/span> officials<\/span> announced<\/span> the<\/span> election<\/span> results,<\/span> Obi’s<\/span> vice-presidential<\/span> candidate<\/span> told<\/span> reporters<\/span> in<\/span> Abuja<\/span> that<\/span> he<\/span> would<\/span> challenge<\/span> the<\/span> results<\/span> in<\/span> court<\/span> because<\/span> they<\/span> did<\/span> not<\/span> comply<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> provisions<\/span> of<\/span> Nigeria’s<\/span> election<\/span> law.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nnamdi<\/span> Obasi,<\/span> senior<\/span> adviser<\/span> on<\/span> Nigeria<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> International<\/span> Crisis<\/span> Group,<\/span> said<\/span> that<\/span> Tinubu<\/span> will<\/span> have<\/span> to<\/span> contend<\/span> with<\/span> challenges<\/span> to<\/span> his<\/span> legitimacy<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> onset<\/span> and<\/span> will<\/span> need<\/span> to<\/span> ensure<\/span> an<\/span> inclusive<\/span> government<\/span> and<\/span> focus<\/span> firmly<\/span> on<\/span> rebuilding<\/span> national<\/span> cohesion.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Tinubu<\/span> \u201cwill<\/span> have<\/span> to<\/span> strive<\/span> to<\/span> win<\/span> the<\/span> support<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> larger<\/span> majority<\/span> who<\/span> preferred<\/span> one<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> other<\/span> candidates,<\/span> particularly<\/span> the<\/span> youth,<\/span> the<\/span> Christian<\/span> groups<\/span> that<\/span> were<\/span> opposed<\/span> to<\/span> his<\/span> Muslim-Muslim<\/span> ticket<\/span> and<\/span> Igbos<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> southeast<\/span> who<\/span> again<\/span> feel<\/span> denied<\/span> the<\/span> presidency.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Tinubu<\/span> is<\/span> a<\/span> Muslim<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> south<\/span> and<\/span> chose<\/span> a<\/span> fellow<\/span> Muslim<\/span> as<\/span> his<\/span> running<\/span> mate<\/span> in<\/span> order<\/span> to<\/span> secure<\/span> votes<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> Muslim-dominated<\/span> north,<\/span> which<\/span> has<\/span> more<\/span> registered<\/span> voters<\/span> than<\/span> the<\/span> Christian<\/span> south,<\/span> a<\/span> strategy<\/span> that<\/span> proved<\/span> effective,<\/span> analysts<\/span> say.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Tinubu<\/span> clinched<\/span> victory<\/span> in<\/span> part<\/span> because<\/span> the<\/span> opposition<\/span> vote<\/span> was<\/span> split<\/span> and<\/span> because<\/span> his<\/span> party<\/span> had<\/span> the<\/span> strongest<\/span> push<\/span> to<\/span> get<\/span> people<\/span> out<\/span> to<\/span> vote,<\/span> said<\/span> Amaka<\/span> Anku,<\/span> Africa<\/span> director<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> Eurasia<\/span> Group<\/span> consultancy.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>President<\/span> Muhammadu<\/span> Buhari<\/span> congratulated<\/span> his<\/span> successor<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> statement<\/span> Wednesday,<\/span> but<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> election<\/span> wasn’t<\/span> perfect.<\/span> Political<\/span> parties<\/span> now<\/span> have<\/span> three<\/span> weeks<\/span> to<\/span> appeal<\/span> the<\/span> results,<\/span> but<\/span> the<\/span> election<\/span> showed<\/span> electoral<\/span> bodies<\/span> across<\/span> the<\/span> country<\/span> did<\/span> not<\/span> follow<\/span> the<\/span> law<\/span> and<\/span> acted<\/span> in<\/span> ways<\/span> that<\/span> could<\/span> change<\/span> the<\/span> outcome.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Nigeria’s<\/span> Supreme<\/span> Court<\/span> has<\/span> never<\/span> overturned<\/span> a<\/span> presidential<\/span> election,<\/span> but<\/span> court<\/span> challenges<\/span> are<\/span> common,<\/span> including<\/span> for<\/span> Buhari,<\/span> who<\/span> has<\/span> battled<\/span> past<\/span> election<\/span> losses<\/span> for<\/span> months.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> West<\/span> African<\/span> regional<\/span> bloc,<\/span> known<\/span> as<\/span> ECOWAS,<\/span> has<\/span> urged<\/span> political<\/span> parties<\/span> to<\/span> exercise<\/span> maximum<\/span> restraint<\/span> on<\/span> their<\/span> supporters<\/span> and<\/span> refrain<\/span> from<\/span> provocative<\/span> language<\/span> that<\/span> “only<\/span> exacerbates<\/span> political<\/span> tensions,<\/span> divisions<\/span> and<\/span> violence<\/span> at<\/span> this<\/span> critical<\/span> time”.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Observers<\/span> said<\/span> Saturday’s<\/span> election<\/span> was<\/span> largely<\/span> peaceful,<\/span> although<\/span> delays<\/span> forced<\/span> some<\/span> voters<\/span> to<\/span> wait<\/span> until<\/span> the<\/span> next<\/span> day<\/span> to<\/span> vote.<\/span> Many<\/span> Nigerians<\/span> find<\/span> it<\/span> difficult<\/span> to<\/span> get<\/span> to<\/span> polling<\/span> stations<\/span> due<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> currency<\/span> reorganization<\/span> that<\/span> has<\/span> led<\/span> to<\/span> a<\/span> shortage<\/span> of<\/span> banknotes.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ABUJA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Election officials have declared Mr Bora Tinub victorious in \u00a0Nigerian presidential election, retaining the ruling party in Africa’s most populous country, according to opposition supporters who had already called for votes. The former governor of Lagos state, 70-year-old Tinub, delivered his victory speech before dawn in the capital Abuja, calling for […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[280],"tags":[1355,1340,1356,1341,1342,1343,1344,1345,1346,1347,1348,1349,1350,1351,1352,1353,1354],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/800.jpeg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4385"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4385"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4387,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4385\/revisions\/4387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}