Nigeria, May 30 -- The Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja on Tuesday admitted the final results of the 25 February election declaring Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as Nigeria's president-elect.

A five-member panel of the court headed by Haruna Tsammani received the documents after they were tendered by Atiku Abubakar's lawyer, Eyitayo Jegede, on Tuesday.

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, on 1 March declared Mr Tinubu winner of the 25 February presidential election.

But Mr Tinubu's declaration triggered multiple lawsuits seeking to upturn his victory. Mr Tinubu was sworn in as Nigeria's president on Monday while the cases challenging his election continu...