BREAKING: INEC declares Tinubu winner of Nigeria’s presidential election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the early hours of Wednesday declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as the winner of the country’s presidential election.
The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who declared Tinubu as the winner of the election at 4:12 a.m., said the total number of registered voters was 93, 469, 008 while the figure for the accredited voters was 25, 486, 616.
The APC candidate polled 8,794, 726 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and 16 other candidates who took part in the election held last Saturday across the country.
Abubakar scored 6, 984, 520 votes while the Labour Party flag bearer, Peter Obi garnered 6,101, 533 votes
Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) got 1,496, 687 votes
Yakubu said: “I now perform my responsibility as chief returning officer of the federation.
“I, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, hereby certify that I am the returning officer for the 2023 general election. The election was contested.
“That Tinubu Bola Ahmed of the APC, having certified the requirements of the law, is hereby declared the winner and is returned.”
