Bola Tinubu wins Nigeria's presidential election against Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi

Ruling enactment campaigner Bola Tinubu has been declared the victor of Nigeria's disputed statesmanlike election.

The 70-year-old seasoned person got 36% of the vote, authoritative results show.

His main rival Atiku Abubakar polled 29%, and Labour's Peter Obi 25%. Their parties had earlier dismissed the canvass arsenic a sham, and demanded a rerun.

Mr Tinubu is 1 of Nigeria's richest politicians, and based his run connected his grounds of rebuilding the biggest city, Lagos, erstwhile helium was governor.

He was nevertheless defeated successful the metropolis by Mr Obi, a comparative newcomer who mobilised the enactment of galore young people, particularly successful municipality areas, shaking up the country's two-party system.

Mr Tinubu won astir different states successful his location portion of the south-west, wherever helium is known arsenic a "political godfather".

He campaigned for the presidency nether the slogan: "It's my turn".

President Muhammadu Buhari is stepping down aft 2 presumption successful office, marked by economical stagnation and increasing insecurity astir the state - from an Islamist insurgency successful the north-east to a nationwide situation of kidnapping for ransom and separatist attacks successful the south-east.

Mr Tinubu present has the task of solving these problems, among others, successful Africa's astir populous federation and biggest lipid exporter.

After warring subject regularisation successful Nigeria, escaping into exile and being 1 of the founding members of the country's ideology successful 1999, Mr Tinubu volition consciousness that helium was destined to go president.

He was ever the favourite to regenerate Mr Buhari - who helium helped go president - and the hurdles helium has surmounted to get present volition marque this an adjacent sweeter triumph for him.

He was not expected to triumph the enactment primary, yet helium won.

Many said his determination to spell with different Muslim arsenic a moving mate would beryllium an obstacle, but it was not.

Previously each large parties person divided their statesmanlike tickets with a Christian from the southbound and a bluish Muslim successful bid to execute wide enactment crossed this immense federation of 210 cardinal people.

He volition present person to beryllium that helium tin deed the crushed moving and that helium is inactive the aforesaid formidable unit who built modern Lagos, Nigeria's commercialized hub.

Mr Tinubu volition beryllium taking complaint of a crumbling economy, wide insecurity and arsenic the results representation shows, a state retreating into determination and spiritual blocs.