Atiku, Tinubu, Obi, in tight race as run-off looms

Nigerians are eagerly waiting for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to announce the winner of the 2023 presidential and national assembly election. LEGIT NEWS reports.Information Guide Nigeria

Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was leading with 1.1 million votes as of Monday night, February 27, Vanguard reported. The candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party and Labour Party, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, are also trailing him.

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However, it might be difficult for any of the three candidates to get a simple majority, and 25 per cent of the votes scored in at least two-thirds (24) of Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, required to be declared winner outright. Results from state collation centres show Tinubu to be leading in South-est even though he lost two of the six states; and making an impact in some North-East, North-Central and North-West states and Rivers State.NYSC portal

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Also, Atiku, who claimed a state in the South-West, made an impact in Akwa Ibom and is doing well in Northern states. In like manner, Obi, who won Lagos, is strong in the South-East, parts of South-South and North-Central and Abuja.

What the law says Section 134 of the Constitution provides as follows: (1) A candidate for an election to the office of President shall be deemed to have been duly elected, where, there being only two candidates for the election.

(a) he has the majority of votes cast at the election; and (b) he has not less than one-quarter of the votes cast at the election in each of at least two-thirds of all the States in the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. (2) A candidate for an election to the office of President shall be deemed to have been duly elected where, there being more than two candidates for the election.JAMB Result