Nigeria's presidential election result challenged at Supreme Court

Atiku Abubakar of the People's Democratic Party, the main opposition candidate in Nigeria's presidential election, stands at a voting booth before casting a ballot at a polling station in Yola, Nigeria, February 25, 2023. REUTERS/Esa Alexander

ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria's two main opposition leaders on Tuesday filed separate appeals at the Supreme Court challenging a tribunal ruling that earlier this month upheld President Bola Tinubu's victory in a disputed February election.

No legal challenge to the outcome of a presidential election has succeeded in Nigeria, which returned to democracy in 1999 after three decades of almost uninterrupted military rule and has a history of electoral fraud.