Nigeria's presidential candidates cry foul over election results
Leading candidates in Nigeria's 2023 presidential election (from left) Bola Tinubu of the ruling APC, Atiku Abubakar of PDP and Peter Obi of Labour Party. Both Abubakar and Obi called out INEC to nullify the election alleging irregularities meant to favour of APC. PHOTO | MOHAMMED MOMOH | NMG
As results of Nigeria's presidential and national assembly election held on Saturday trickled in, opposition political parties cruising high begun calling for a nullification in some parts of the country.
Although the opposition parties were reported to be waxing stronger and clinching many states which have been the strongholds of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) including Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, they were irked by the fact that APC was still leading in the polls.
