Millions of Nigerians voted on Saturday to elect new governors for 28 of Nigeria’s 36 states three weeks after the ruling party won a presidential race that the opposition said was marred by fraud.
The postponed election goes ahead with voters choosing governors in 28 of Nigeria's 36 states.
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Bola Ahmed Tinubu wins 8.8 million votes against 6.9 million and 6.1 million for rivals Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi respectively, according to official results.
Bola Tinubu of the ruling APC party is leading with about 35 percent or 7.5 million of valid votes counted, while Atiku Abubakar of the main opposition PDP was trailing with 29 percent or nearly 6.2 million valid votes.
As of Monday evening, electoral commission had only released official results from 10 of Nigeria's 36 states and the final count could take longer.
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