In the just concluded Presidential election where Bola Tinubu emerged as the winner, there have been accusations by the other candidates about voting fraud.
President-Elect Tinubu had clinched the seat with less than 9 million votes while Atiku trailed behind him with a little above 6 million votes. Peter Obi, the second runner up, also had 6 million votes.
Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigerian People’s Party came fourth with over 1 million votes.
According to Stati Sense, a Data Platform, there are states where the four presidential candidates had more than 50 percent votes.
While Peter Obi of the Labour Party led with 7 states, Kwankwaso stood at the bottom with 1 state.
WHERE CANDIDATES GOT ≥ 50% OF TOTAL VOTES
BOLA TINUBU of All Progressive Congress (APC)
-65% Ondo
-64% Ekiti
-57% Zamfara
-56% Ogun
-53% Kwara
-51% Kogi
ATIKU ABUBAKAR of People’s Democratic party (PDP)
-60% Gombe
-55% Adamawa
-50% Yobe
PETER OBI of Labour Party (LP)
-94% Anambra
-91% Enugu
-86% Abia
-77% Ebonyi
-75% Imo
-59% FCT
-55% Edo
RABIU KWANKWASO of New Nigerian People’s Party
-57% Kano
Yesterday, in a press conference, Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar indicated that they would challenge the electoral process in the court. Both, the Labour Party and People’s Democratic party candidate believe they won the election.
