In a quarter (25 per cent) of presidential election results, there is some contestation that ends up in either a political standoff or coalition government. Challengers, on the other hand, tend not to contest election results when a sitting President is declared winner. In fact, just one judicial ruling has ever overturned presidential election results; that was in Cote d'Ivoire in 2010, pitting incumbent Laurent Gbagbo against challenger Alassane Ouattara. He defeated incumbent Goodluck Jonathan, marking the first time that an incumbent President in Nigeria lost to an opposition candidate in a general election. It seems Raila is attempting to draw from Buhari's anti-corruption campaign to energise the masses against Jubilee's excesses.

Source: Standard Digital May 02, 2017 12:11 UTC