After days of suspense, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as the winner of the presidential election which was held on Saturday, February 25.
After days of collation of results from across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, the Chairman of the Commission, Mahmood Yakubu announced the final result at exactly 4.10 a.m. Wednesday, March 1.
According to Mahmood, Tinubu won after polling a total of 8,794, 726 votes while his closest rival, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, scored 6, 984, 520 votes.
Labour Party's Peter Obi secured 6, 101, 533 votes to come third.
Mahmood said the Certificate of Return for Tinubu and his running mate Kashim Shettima, will be issued by 3pm today, March 1.
Meanwhile moment INEC chairman Prof Mahmood Yakubu declared Tinubu winner of the 2023 Presidential election:
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