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The elections took place on February 25, 2023. At the announcement of the election winner, Abubakar called the result"a rape of democracy" after receiving 29% of the vote, while, who received 25%, told supporters they had been"robbed" of victory, vowing to"prove it to Nigerians". Each of the three major candidates, however, won in 12 states while Tinubu was the only candidate who scored 25% of votes in more than 24 states , aThe Appeals Court challenge is expected to last several months. All past court challenges of presidential election results in Nigeria have been unsuccessful.
The APC and PDP have, between them, governed Nigeria since the end of military rule in 1999. Atiku and Obi asked for an order"cancelling the presidential election" and for the INEC to conduct a fresh vote,
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