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Nigeria’s main opposition candidates said that they would head to the Supreme Court to challenge President Bola Tinubu’s victory after their initial challenge was dismissed by a tribunal on Wednesday
Nigeria’s main opposition candidates said that they would head to the Supreme Court to challenge President Bola Tinubu’s victory after their initial challenge was dismissed by a tribunal on Wednesday.
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Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party and Labour Party’s Peter Obi, who came second and third respectively, had asked the court to cancel the election. They alleged vote fraud to failure by the electoral agency to post results electronically marred the elections. The opposition in the meantime is waiting for a copy of the judgement to prepare for filing the appeal in the constitutional court.
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In a long verdict, Judges rejected all claims made by Labour Party candidate Obi, including fraud. No legal challenge to the outcome of a presidential election has succeeded in Nigeria, which returned to democracy in 1999 after three decades of almost uninterrupted military rule. Nigeria with close to 200 million people is the most populated country in Africa. Only 87 million were registered to vote. Tinubu garnered 8.79 million votes, the fewest of any president since the return to democracy.
The discontinuation of government subsidies on petrol and the unification of exchange rates have had a negative impact on Nigerian firms. Business owners find themselves navigating a difficult terrain. They are trying to adapt to these economic changes while seeking ways to remain competitive.
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In the meantime, the government authorities say the problems are transitional and in the medium and long run the present steps would help the economy to bounce back particularly by reining in inflation, stabilizing the exchange rate and creating more employment opportunities.
