In Nigeria, ruling party president-elect Bola Tinubu will likely face a legal challenge to his victory that will prolong the already elevated risk of electoral unrest, even though he will almost certainly still take office in May. On March 1, Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) the winner of the Feb. 25 presidential election. Following the announcement, Tinubu called on his supporters to unite around him to defend the integrity of the national election, despite allegations of voting irregularities. The INEC said that Tinubu won 37% of the vote, beating out opposition candidate Atiku Abubakar and third-party candidate Peter Obi (who secured 29% and 25% of the vote, respectively). Abubakar ran as the main opposition candidate from the People's Democratic Party (PDP). Obi is a former PDP member who ran as an outsider candidate under the smaller Labour Party.