The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Bola Tinubu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of the 2023 Nigerian Presidential Election.
INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, made the announcement in the early hours of Wednesday, following a fiercely contested election.
According to Yakubu, Tinubu secured a total of 8,794,726 votes, beating out his closest rival, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who garnered 6,984,520 votes.
Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) came in third with 6,101,533 votes.
“I now perform my responsibility as chief returning officer of the federation,” Yakubu said during the announcement.
“I, professor 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.”
Meanwhile, Yakubu announced that the certificate of return will be issued to Tinubu at 3 pm on Wednesday.
