Politics
#Nigeria Decides 2023: INEC Declares Tinubu Winner Of 2023 Presidential Election
The Nigeria election umpire, Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, as the winner of the Saturday, February 25, 2023 Presidential election.
The Chairman of the Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, who announced the final result at exactly 4.10a.m. on Wednesday, March 1, said after days of collation of results from across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Tinubu polled a total of 8,794, 726 votes.
His contenders, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, scored 6, 984, 520 votes while Labour Party’s Peter Obi secured 6, 101, 533 votes to come third.
Former Kano State Governor, Dr Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has 1,496,687 votes.