MARCH 2023
POLITICAL GODFATHER 'KINGMAKER' BOLA TINUBU ELECTED PRESIDENT A
s he geared up for what was a rare threeway presidential race, newly elected Bola Ahmed Tinubu has readied himself to face countless issues in a bustling, much-divided Nigeria, as the economy, insecurity and
a young, hopeless generation leaving the west African country, remain front-and-centre of the main issue at hand. Elected with 37% of the final count after receiving 8.8 million ballots (less than 10% of the 93 million registered voters), he beat
the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)'s Atiku Abubakar, who got 29% of ballots cast, the Labour Party's Peter Obi who received 25% and Rabiu Kwankwaso of the NNPP (New Nigeria Peoples Party) who polled 6%.
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