Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for president, cast his ballot at a polling location in Bourdillion, Ikoyi, Lagos State.
He did so along with other party leaders and his wife Remi.
Speaking to reporters, he declared that Nigeria’s democracy “is here to stay” and that he is “too confident of victory.”
He claimed that the voting process was “going well” and “going smoothly.”
On the turnout of voters, the APC candidate said, “This is expected; we need a good turnout, and that is the adoption and the commitment to democracy and the democratic process that must take place.”
Asked how certain of victory he is, Tinubu said, “I’m too certain.”
The APC flag bearer is one of the leading candidates in the race for Aso Rock. Tinubu’s major contenders include Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) and Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP).
Accreditation and voting have commenced in many polling units across Nigeria as the 87.2 million voters with Permanent Voter Cards go to the polls to elect a new president and members of the country’s National Assembly.
Officials of the country’s electoral agency, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), are on the ground at the 176,606 polling units scattered across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory that make up Nigeria.