Lagos ex-governor Bola Tinubu poised to win Nigeria’s presidential race, leading his closest rival, Atiku Abubakar, 35 to 29 percent with 31 of the country's 36 states reporting
Tinubu, known as the"Godfather of Lagos" for his influence, served as governor of the country's most populous state from 1999 to 2007.
Atiku Abubakar of the main opposition People's Democratic Party was trailing with 29 percent or nearly 6.2 million valid votes. Tinubu, however, lost narrowly to Obi in Lagos, garnering 572,000 votes against the latter's 582,000 votes. The preliminary results announced in the states will again be presented at INEC's central office in the capital, Abuja.
Saturday's election was mostly peaceful, but many polling stations opened late, angering voters, and delays or technical failures slowed uploading of results to an official INEC website meant to promote transparency.
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