2023 Nigerian presidential election

A Presidential election was held on 25 February 2023 in Nigeria to elect the president and vice president. All Progressives Congress (APC) nominee Bola Tinubu defeated Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party and Peter Obi of Labour Party.

Party's primary elections were conducted between 4 April and 9 June 2022; Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) nominated Atiku Abubakar while All Progressives Congress (APC) chose Bola Tinubu as their nominee. The dominance of the two major parties began to fray as a revived party, the Labour Party (LP), nominated Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra State while another party, New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), nominated Rabiu Kwankwaso, former governor of Kano State. The vice presidential candidates were announced some weeks later, and the nominees were Ifeanyi Okowa for PDP, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed for LP, Kashim Shettima for APC, and Isaac Idahosa for NNPP.

Corruption, electoral malpractice, and insecurity, among others were issues during the election. Others include views for the reformation of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), who rather cumulated the results from the polling units manually after failing to upload them online through the result viewing portal as assured to the citizens.

The results were announced on 26 February at the National Collation Centre in Abuja, where INEC declared the presidential and vice presidential nominees for APC as the winner in 1 March. The result was rejected by some international bodies as well as the opposition parties who criticised the results and legally challenged it. Former president Olusegun Obasanjo also called for the re-run of the election, citing fraud and violence.