At 61, former governor Peter Obi is the youngest of the three frontrunners for Nigeria's top job in this weekend's presidential election.
At 61, former governor Peter Obi is the youngest of the three frontrunners for Nigeria’s top job in this weekend’s presidential election.
Tinubu, a Muslim from southwest Nigeria, has been a senator, two-term governor of Lagos and long-professed political kingmaker. His supporters see that as a departure from endemic corruption that has marred the nation’s public life, endearing him to younger Nigerians who represent a large portion of registered voters.
Obi and his supporters believe old-school politicians should step aside and this election is the opportunity for Nigerians to vote them out.Analysts see Saturday’s ballot as a three-horse race among Tinubu, Abubakar and Obi. Under Nigerian electoral law, a candidate must win the most votes along with at least 25 percent of votes in 24 of Nigeria’s 36 states and in the federal capital, Abuja.
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