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Atiku rejects election results

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[FILES] Candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar. Pius Utomi EKPEI / AFP
PDP Presidential candidate and main opposition leader Atiku Abubakar (C) leaves the polling station with his wife Amina Titilayo Atiku-Abubakar (R) after casting their votes at Agiya polling station in Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria on February 23, 2019, as voting commenced in the presidential election. (Photo by Luis TATO / AFP)

People’s Democratic Party’s candidate in the 2019 presidential election Atiku Abubakar has rejected the results and vowed to contest his loss at an election petition tribunal.

“I hereby reject the result of February 23, 2019 sham election and will be challenging it in court,” Atiku said hours after the

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