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Nigeria’s ruling party candidate Tinubu wins presidential election – electoral commission

Nigeria’s ruling party candidate Tinubu wins presidential election – electoral commission

Former Lagos governor polled ahead of Abubakar and Obi in Nigeria’s most competitive election since end of military rule in 1999

Nigeria’s ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu was on Wednesday declared winner of the weekend presidential election by the electoral commission, after defeating two of his closest rivals.

Tinubu’s victory extends the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party’s grip on power in Africa’s top oil producer and most populous nation, though he inherits a litany of problems from president Muhammadu Buhari, also of APC.

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