Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Section 133
A candidate for an election to the office of President shall be deemed to have been duly elected to such office where, being the only candidate nominated for the election -
(a) he has a majority of YES votes over NO votes cast at the election; and
(b) he has not less than one-quarter of the votes cast at the election in each of at least two-thirds of all the States in the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja
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