(2) A candidate for an election to the office of President shall be deemed to have been duly elected where, there being more than two candidates for the election-

(a) he has the highest number of votes cast at the election;

and

(b) he has not less than one-quarter of the votes cast at the election each of at least two-thirds of all the States in the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

(3) In a default of a candidate duly elected in accordance with subsection (2) of this section their shall be a second election in accordance with subsection (4) of this section at which the only candidate shall be -

(a) the candidate who scored the highest number of votes at any election held in accordance with the said subsection (2) of this section; and

(b) one among the remaining candidates who has a majority of votes in the highest number of States, so however that where there are more than one candidate with majority of votes in the highest number of State, the candidate among them with the highest total of votes cast at the election shall be the second candidate for the election.

Peter Obi will force a runoff

The second candidate would be determined by

Who won the most states

Let us keep that criteria at the back of our minds
How many states has Your candidate won?
That is how second will be determined

kcnwaigbo:
Peter Obi will force a runoff

Peter Obi is working for both sides as it seems, even kwankwaso

But this would have been over if PDP was whole..

PDP should win a runoff no doubt

I am focusing on the scenario where there is no clear winner
Who is most likely to be 1 and 2 based on reality