West Africa

Nigeria: Scoring 25% of votes in FCT not mandatory to win presidential election – Supreme court rules

The Supreme Court has upheld the ruling by the Appeal Court that a candidate does not need to get at least 25% FCT (Federal Capital Territory) votes to be declared as the country’s president. The Appeal Court had on September 6 dismissed the petition filed by Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and […]