Ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu has been declared the winner of Nigeria's disputed presidential election on Wednesday.
The 70-year-old veteran politician got 37 per cent of the vote, official results show, reports BBC.
According to official results, voter turnout was 27 per cent, one of the lowest since the end of military rule in 1999.
With about 8.8 million votes cast for Tinubu, he was the choice of less than 10 per cent of the record 93 million Nigerians who registered to vote, helped by a divided opposition.
Tinubu’s main rival Atiku Abubakar polled 29 per cent, and Labour's Peter Obi 25 per cent.
Their parties had earlier dismissed the poll as a sham, and demanded a rerun.
Tinubu is one of Nigeria's richest politicians, and based his campaign on his record of rebuilding the biggest city, Lagos, when he was governor.
He was nevertheless defeated in the city by Obi, a relative newcomer who mobilised the support of many young people, especially in urban areas, shaking up the country's two-party system.
Tinubu won most other states in his home region of the south-west, where he is known as a "political godfather" - for helping to put others into office.
He campaigned for the presidency under the slogan: "Emi lo kan", which means "It's my turn" in Yoruba.
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