Mr. Tinubu’s opponents claim that delays in uploading results allowed for irregularities, and they have three weeks to appeal.
Bola Tinubu has been declared the victor of Nigeria’s presidential election, despite initial calls for a recount.
Mr. Tinubu, who ran for the ruling All Progressives Congress party, received 8,794,726 votes, while Mr. Atiku Abubakar, who ran for the People’s Democratic Party, garnered 6,984,551 votes and finished in second place.
According to the results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, Peter Obi of the Labour Party, who had been described as a wild card who had appealed to younger voters, finished third with 6,101,533 ballots.
Mr. Abubakar and Mr. Obi are expected to take their appeals to the court. As the two leading opposition parties have stated that delays in uploading results allowed for irregularities.
The victorious All Progressives Congress party stated that they should accept defeat and refrain from causing a disturbance.
The opponents have three weeks to file an appeal.
To have the election declared invalid, they must demonstrate that the national electoral body did not comply with the law and acted in a manner that could have altered the outcome.
Nigeria’s Supreme Court has never overturned a presidential election, despite several attempts by those defeated.
According to Mr. Tinubu’s campaign website, he was born in Lagos in 1952 to a Muslim Yoruba family.
He moved to the United States in the 1970s and worked as a dishwasher, taxi driver, and night security to pay for his education.
In 1979, he received a business administration degree from Chicago State University. In the 1980s, he returned to Nigeria and began working as an auditor for the oil company Mobil.
He was elected governor of Lagos in 1999 after the military rule was ended.
He served two terms, with supporters saying he improved infrastructure and detractors saying the city is still dysfunctional.
