Who Won The Nigerian Presidential Election 2025. Nigerian presidential candidate peter obi said on thursday he had won saturday's election, called bola tinubu's victory fraudulent and promised to claim the top job through legal means. Bola tinubu, a perennial political kingmaker in nigerian politics, was declared the winner of the presidential election wednesday, extending the governing party’s rule as africa’s largest.

Nigeria’s electoral commission said on wednesday ruling party candidate bola tinubu had won last week’s presidential election. Tinubu, national leader of the all progressives congress (apc), has won the popular vote in the disputed election.