Nigeria's Buhari wins re-election, rival pursues fraud claim

Record ID: 1397417

  • Title: Nigeria's Buhari wins re-election, rival pursues fraud claim
  • Date: 27th February 2019
  • Summary: ABUJA, NIGERIA (FEBRUARY 27, 2019) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** NIGERIA'S PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI SHAKING HANDS WITH INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION CHAIRMAN MAHMOOD YAKUBU AND RECEIVING CERTIFICATE OF RETURN / BUHARI SHOWING CERTIFICATE TO AUDIENCE VARIOUS OF BUHARI SIGNING DOCUMENT AISHA BUHARI LOOKING ON (SOUNDBITE) (English) NIGERIA'S PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI, SAYING: "All Nigerians going forward must stand in brotherhood for a bright and fulfilling future. I therefore want to assure that we will continue to engage all parties that have the best interest of Nigerians at heart. Our government will remain inclusive and our doors will remain open. That is the way to build the country of our dream - safe, secure, prosperous and free of impunity and primitive accumulation by those entrusted dreams with public offices." BUHARI AND VICE PRESIDENT YEMI OSINBAJO HOLDING UP CERTIFICATES BUHARI'S SUPPORTERS LEAVING PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY CANDIDATE ATIKU ABUBAKAR ENTERING STAGE (SOUNDBITE) (English) PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY CANDIDATE, ATIKU ABUBAKAR, SAYING: "Let me say that I'm not speaking as a member of the People's Democratic Party. I am speaking as a Nigerian when I say that the electoral fraud perpetrated by the Buhari's (Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari) administration this past Saturday cannot produce a government of the people for the simple reason that it does not reflect the will of the Nigerian people." SUPPORTERS WATCHING (SOUNDBITE) (English) PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY CANDIDATE ATIKU ABUBAKAR, SAYING: "My dear Nigerians, it is for this reason that I, Atiku Abubakar reject the results declared by Independent National Electoral Commission." SUPPORTERS RISING AND CLAPPING, ABUBAKAR LEAVING STAGE
  • Embargoed: 13th March 2019 18:59
  • Keywords: Nigerian election Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari People’s Democratic Party Atiku Abubakar
  • Location: ABUJA, NIGERIA
  • City: ABUJA, NIGERIA
  • Country: Nigeria
  • Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
  • Reuters ID: LVA001A3D0E2V
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari comfortably won a second term at the helm of Africa's largest economy, election authorities said on Wednesday (February 27), but his main rival planned a fraud challenge after a vote marred by delays and violence.
    The chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) presented the Certificate of Return to Buhari after the 76-year-old former military ruler took 56 percent of votes against 41 for his closest challenger, businessman and former vice president Atiku Abubakar of the People's Democratic Party.
    Atiku, 72, rejects the official results and said he would go to court to contest the results of the "electoral fraud".
    The opposition's fraud accusations have heightened tensions in the region's most populous nation and biggest oil producer where six decades of independence have seen long periods of military rule, coups and secessionist wars.
    (Production: Abraham Achirga, Angela Ukomadu, Malgorzata Wojtunik)
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