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The former vice president of millionaire Atiku Abubakar, who lost the presidential election of Nigeria for the benefit of Muhammadu Buhari, is contesting the
The defeated candidate in last month's Nigerian presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, has filed suit against the official result on Monday, his lawyer said.
Muhammadu Buhari, 76, was re-elected president after a late poll that angered voters and raised political temperatures, but the opposition immediately promised to challenge the "mock" result.
It was the second victory at the polls for Buhari, a military leader who had been elected for the first time in 2015 to run the most populous country in Africa and the leading oil producer.
He won 56% of the vote against 41% for Abubakar, a gain margin of 3.9 million votes, according to official results.
Abubakar, the 72-year-old Democratic People's Party (PDP) candidate, kept his promise to challenge the results, his lawyer Emmanuel Enoidem told reporters.
The PDP "demanded that our candidate who won the elections overwhelmingly across the country be declared the winner of these elections," he said.
Otherwise, the Abuja court was asked to cancel the election results "due to very apparent irregularities throughout the country," he added.
Enoidem said that 400 witnesses were ready to appear before the presiding judges.
The legal challenge was introduced on the eve of the three-week deadline provided for this purpose.
The court now has 180 days to decide the case, which could then be appealed to the Supreme Court.
The official inauguration of Abubakar is scheduled for May 29th.
Last month's vote was marred by violence, including 53 deaths, according to election observers.
Some have reported vote buying, intimidation and acts of violence against voters and officials, which had already been a problem in previous polls in Nigeria.
At 35% across the country, low voter turnout was attributed to a combination of apathy due to one week delay, organizational problems and unrest.
Local and EU observers have spoken of "serious problems".
The election offered a sharp contrast between the austere former general Buhari, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and the former vice president and millionaire businessman Abubakar, who had proposed to free the economy.
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