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The Guardian - UK
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Jason Burke in Lagos

Nigeria’s opposition calls for election to be scrapped as results show Tinubu leading

Electoral officers collating results in Lagos on Monday.
Electoral officers collating results in Lagos on Monday. Photograph: Akintunde Akinleye/EPA

Nigeria’s main opposition parties have called for the country’s presidential election to be scrapped, alleging that results showing the ruling party’s candidate in the lead had been manipulated.

A slew of results during the day have put Bola Tinubu from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) well ahead of the main opposition Peoples Democratic party (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and the outsider third challenger, the Labour party’s Peter Obi.

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