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Nigeria’s main opposition leader, Atiku Abubakar, has warned that the Supreme Court decision affirming<\/a> President Bola Tinubu’s election win would erode trust in elections.<\/p>\n

He, thereby, called for changes to the electoral laws to improve transparency, as he addressed a press conference on Monday, October 30, 2023.<\/p>\n

The country’s apex court, last week Monday, rejected a challenge by Atiku and Peter Obi, who came second and third respectively in the vote, slamming the door on any legal challenge against Tinubu, who says he won fairly.<\/p>\n

Reacting to the judgment for the first time, Atiku told reporters the court’s decision would lead to “the erosion of trust in the electoral system and our democracy.”<\/p>\n

He criticised the judges for refusing to admit new evidence he said showed Tinubu had used a fraudulent university certificate to contest, which the president denies.<\/p>\n

ALSO READ:\u00a0Supreme Court upholds Tinubu\u2019s election win as Nigeria\u2019s president<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

“As for me and my party, this phase of our work is done. However, I am not going away,” the 81-year-old Atiku said, hinting he may not be ready to retire from active politics.<\/p>\n

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Atiku, a former vice president between 1999-2007, said Nigeria’s electoral laws should be amended, including making electronic voting mandatory and requiring a candidate for president to garner more than 50% of the vote to win.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

In Nigeria, a candidate only requires a simple majority and at least 25% of the votes in three-quarters of the country’s 36 states to be declared president.<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court judgment followed a pattern seen in previous presidential elections that have been challenged in court. None of the attempts to overturn results through the courts has been successful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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