Die wichtigsten Oppositionskandidaten – Muhammadu Buhari von der All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), Patrick Utomi von der African Democratic Party (ADP), Atiku Abubakar vom Action Congress (AC) und Orji Uzor Kalu von der Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) – erkennen das Ergebnis nicht an und rufen die Bevölkerung Nigerias zum friedlichen Protest auf.
The major opposition candidates – Muhammadu Buhari of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), Patrick Utomi of the African Democratic Party (ADP), Atiku Abubakar of the Action Congress (AC), and Orji Uzor Kalu of the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) – reject the results and are calling on Nigerians to protest peacefully.