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Nigeria’s ruling party candidate and former Lagos governor Bola Tinubu was ahead in the vote count from Saturday’s presidential election, a Reuters tally of provisional results in 12 of 36 states showed.

FILE PHOTO: Presidential candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu arrives with his wife Oluremi Tinubu at a polling station before casting his ballot in Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria February 25, 2023. REUTERS/James Oatway/File Photo/File PhotoFILE PHOTO: Presidential candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu arrives with his wife Oluremi Tinubu at a polling station before casting his ballot in Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria February 25, 2023.

But the win in Lagos state – with 582 454 votes against 572 606 for Tinubu – was a major boost for Obi, whose run challenged candidates from two long-established movements that have alternated in power since the end of army rule in 1999. Electoral observers and all three major parties pointed out irregularities, many of them the result of technical glitches. The election was highly dependent on communications technology in a country with often poor internet coverage.

 

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