How a certificate scandal almost upset Tinubu’s presidential win in Nigeria | Features

A Nigerian court ruling on Thursday cemented Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s election victory, ending a hotly contested and drawn-out election trial that put Africa’s largest democracy on the threshold of a constitutional crisis.

Tinubu had been declared winner of February’s vote by the country’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), despite international observers saying the process was marred by irregularities.

Opposition candidates, led by Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) who was runner-up in the election, challenged the results on the…