Obi, Tinubu and Abubakar: Nigeria presidential race frontrunners
Nigeria’s All Progressive Congress candidate Bola Tinubu (centre) and President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari (right) at a campaign rally on February 21, 2023. PHOTO | MICHELE SPATARI | AFP
On February 25, 2023, Nigerians will vote in what could be their most credible and closely contested presidential election since military rule ended in 1999; and the first in which a presidential candidate who is not from one of the two main parties stands a chance.
Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) faces Atiku Abubakar of the main opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi, a wild- card candidate who defected from the PDP to the smaller Labour Party (LP) and now leads in at least five opinion polls.
