Atiku Abubakar, who came second in the presidential election on February 25 in Nigeria, denounced Thursday manipulations and " unprecedented
" fraud
, evoking a "
rape of democracy
", after the victory of the candidate of the ruling party, Bola Tinubu.
"
The manipulations and fraud that have accompanied this election are unprecedented in the history of our nation
," the People's Democratic Party (PDP) candidate told reporters in Abuja.
According to him, the eagerness of the Electoral Commission to publish the results in this context constitutes a “
violation of democracy
”.
