JUST-IN: INEC Declare Bola Tinubu As Winner Of 2023 Presidential Election

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JUST-IN: INEC Declare Bola Tinubu As Winner Of 2023 Presidential Election


Two term governor of Lagos state, Bola Tinubu has been declared the winner of the keenly contested presidential election held across Nigeria on Saturday, 25th February, 2023.


Declaring the winner at about ten minutes past four o’clock Wednesday morning , chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mamood Yakubu said Asiwaju Tinubu and his party, The All Progressives Congress, APC won the election with a total votes of 8,794,726 (eight million, seven hundred and ninety four, seven hundred and twenty six) to defeat his closest rival, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP who polled 6,984,520 votes while Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party garnered 6,101,553.

Professor Yakubu who is the nation’s chief electoral officer gave the number of total votes cast to stand at 24,965,218

According to the results as announced, Tinubu and former vice president Alhaji Abubakar won twelve states each, while Mr Peter Obi won eleven states and Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP won one state which was Kano state.


Professor Yakubu said certificate of return is to be handed over to the president Elect by 3 O’clock on Wednesday at the National collation Centre while Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is expected to address Nigerians anytime soon.


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