INEC chairman pronounced one of Nigeria’s Muhammadu Buhari as the re-elected president of Nigeria. However, His main opponent rejected the results.
The defeated Opponent, Atiku Abubakar of the PDP, on Wednesday, said he will go to court to contest Independent National Electoral Commission results That showed a 56 percent to 41 percent victory for Buhari while calling the elections a “sham.”
The president’s re-election faces criticism of the balloting by domestic and international observers. Buhari is also
Abubakar’s statement showed that controversy over
“It is clear that there were manifest and premeditated malpractices in many states which negate the results announced,” Abubakar, 72, said in his statement. Voting was disrupted and suppressed in his strongholds and the military intimidated voters in other areas, he said.