The results, still partial, officially announced by the National Electoral Commission (INEC) currently give a slight advantage to the candidate of the ruling party, the APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, but concern only 14 of the 36 states that make up the country. and do not include the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

“The election is hopelessly in jeopardy and we have completely lost faith in the whole process,” representatives of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) – the main opposition party – and the Labor Party told a press conference. (LP).

“We demand that this farce of elections be immediately canceled” and that a “new ballot” be organized, they added.

Denouncing “mass manipulation”, they considered that the results known so far “do not reflect the wishes or aspirations of Nigerians” expressed at the polls.

They also demanded a “motion of confidence” from CENI President Mahmood Yakubu and urged incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari “to fulfill his promise to Nigerians to inherit free, fair, transparent and credible”.

More than 87 million voters cast their ballots on Saturday to choose Nigeria’s next president from among 18 candidates.

The presidential race is very tight between three favorites: Bola Tinubu, who is currently in the lead with more than 4.1 million votes; Atiku Abubakar, from the PDP (3 million votes) and Peter Obi (LP), very popular with young people and who has so far garnered 1.6 million votes.

Obi, former governor of Anambra (southeast) has upset the historic dominance of the two major parties in the country, and increased the chances that a second round will take place, for the first time since the restoration of democracy in the country , in 1999.