Nigeria election results 2023: Bola Tinubu takes strong lead over Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi

Bola Tinubu from Nigeria's ruling enactment has taken a beardown pb arsenic results are declared from Saturday's statesmanlike election, amid absorption protests.

With results announced from astir two-thirds of the states, helium has a pb of astir 1.5 cardinal votes.

Mr Tinubu, 70, a affluent businessman and erstwhile politician of Lagos state, has 39% of votes counted truthful far.

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has 31%, portion third-party campaigner Peter Obi has 20%.

The parties of some Mr Abubakar and Mr Obi person called for the predetermination to beryllium cancelled and rerun, alleging that the inability of the electoral committee to upload results to its website showed that the results had been manipulated.

Many voters reported wide problems with uploading results done the caller physics voting system, which was intended to velocity up the process.

There were besides wide delays, with galore polling stations opening respective hours late, and immoderate attacked by equipped men. Voting was held overnight, and connected Sunday successful immoderate areas.

The electoral committee says the absorption parties should instrumentality their complaints to tribunal and is pressing up with the merchandise of results.

A campaigner needs to person the astir votes nationwide and astatine slightest a 4th of ballots formed successful 25 of the 36 states, positive Abuja, to beryllium declared the winner.

If those thresholds are not reached past determination volition a 2nd circular run-off betwixt the apical 2 candidates.

So far, Mr Tinubu has passed that threshold successful 22 states.