The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has declared Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress – APC as the winner of the 2023 Presidential Election.
Bola Tinubu won over 17 other candidates who participated in the election. He polled a total of 8,794,726 votes, the highest of all the candidates, thus meeting the first constitutional requirement to be declared the winner.
Tinubu also scored over 25% of the votes cast in 30 states, more than the 24 states constitutionally required.
The results were announced by the INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu on Wednesday in Abuja. According to Mahmood, Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party – PDP came second in the election. Atiku scored a total of 6,984,520 votes in the election.
However, Peter Obi of the Labour Party – LP came third in the election with a total of 6,101,533 votes while Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria People’s Party – NNPP came fourth with 1,496,687 votes. Only these top four candidates won the presidential election in at least one state.
Tinubu won the election in Rivers, Borno, Jigawa, Zamfara, Benue, Kogi, Kwara, Niger, Osun, Ekiti, Ondo, Oyo and Ogun states. Atiku won in Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto, Kaduna, Gombe, Yobe, Bauchi, Adamawa and Taraba states. He also won in Osun, Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa states. Obi won in Edo, Cross River, Delta, Lagos, FCT, Plateau, Imo, Ebonyi, Nasarawa, Anambra, Abia and Enugu states, while Kwankwaso won in only Kano State.
Yakubu noted that a Certificate of Return for the President and Vice President will be presented by 3 p.m. on Wednesday at the National Collation Centre.
Congratulations Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
