In Nigeria, dissatisfaction with the conduct of the 2023 general elections has led to 10 of the 18 political parties filing 431 petitions at the various election tribunals in 27 states to challenge the victories of those declared winners by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The petitions include five against the declaration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as president-elect. Candidates from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP), Action Alliance (AA), Allied Peoples Movement (APM), and Action Peoples Party (APP) are seeking the nullification of Tinubu’s victory.
Petitions have also been filed across the states against the outcomes of some governorship, Senate, House of Representatives, and state assembly elections. Other parties at the tribunals include the APC, Social Democratic Party (SDP), New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), and Young Progressives Party (YPP).
The number of petitions may rise further after the April 15 supplementary polls for two governorship, five senatorial, 31 House of Representatives, and 57 state assembly slots.
The tally of petitions across the states is Abia (35), Anambra (31), Ebonyi (2), Enugu (14), Akwa Ibom (15), Bayelsa (9), Cross River (13), Delta (25), Edo (14), Rivers (34), Lagos (30), Ekiti (4), Ogun (18), Ondo (9), Osun (14), and Oyo (20). Others are Benue (17), Niger (11), Kogi (2), Plateau (16), Adamawa (8), Bauchi (15), Gombe (3), Taraba (7), Yobe (3), Kaduna (18), Katsina (11), Kano (23), and Kebbi (8) among others.