Votes are nonetheless being counted within the closest run presidential election in Nigeria’s historical past.
The jury should still be out on who would be the subsequent president of Africa’s most populous nation and largest economic system, however the vote is in for its financial centre, Lagos.
Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the ruling APC social gathering’s candidate and former governor of Lagos has misplaced his house state to 61-year-old former banker Peter Obi, who’s operating for the newer Labour Party.
The result’s provisional and confirmed on the state degree however must cross by way of the electoral fee centre in Abuja.
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In what’s proving to be probably the most thrilling show of democracy within the nation’s political historical past, Mr Obi beat Mr Tinubu in Lagos State by round 10,000 particular person votes.
There have been incidences of voter disenchantment and suppressions with circumstances of armed violence at polling stations in Lagos and throughout the nation.
Some polling models by no means arrived at their designated stations, leaving residents unable to solid their poll.
Despite the discontent, younger individuals who have been mobilising for the reason that Lekki Tollgate bloodbath are extremely glad by this outcome.
They see Tinubu, proprietor of Lekki’s tollgate, as accountable for the lack of life at the #EndSars demonstration protesting towards police brutality in October 2020 and have been pushing ahead Mr Obi’s marketing campaign.
21-year-old photographer and activist Bishop Duke advised us that the youth have been organising during the last two years.
Nigerians below 35 make up three quarters of all newly registered voters and practically 40% of all registered voters.
“It’s a cause for celebration, because, for the longest, Lagos has been owned by one politician,” says Bishop, referring to the “Godfather of Lagos” Mr Tinubu.
“There’s definitely been a lot of rigging when it comes to Lagos for a very long time. But there was a big push and this is the genuine vote.”
According to a Reuters tally of provisional outcomes introduced by electoral officers in 10 of Nigeria’s 36 states at noon on Monday, Mr Tinubu leads with about 3.29 million votes, in comparison with 2.28 million for primary opposition social gathering candidate Atiku Abubakar and 818,000 for Mr Obi.
The winner will not be anticipated to be introduced till Tuesday on the earliest.
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