The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday declared the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, as the winner of Saturday’s Presidential Election.
Tinubu, a former Lagos State governor, was declared the president-elect after the 70-year-old polled 8,794,726 votes to win the 2023 presidential election.
The INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, announced Tinubu as the winner at the International Collation Centre in Abuja during the early hours of Wednesday.
Tinubu defeated presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Atiku Abubakar; Labour Party, Peter Obi; and the New Nigeria Peoples Party candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso.
Yakubu said Tinubu polled a total of 8,794,726 votes to defeat his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rival, Atiku Abubakar, who polled 6,984,520 votes while Peter Obi of Labour Party, secured 6,101,533, and Rabiu Kwankwaso of New Nigerian Peoples Party trailed with 1,496,687.
He said valid votes were 24,025940 and rejected votes were 939,278, while the total votes cast were 24,966218.
The announcement, which was done at the National Collation Centre in Abuja, signalled the end of the collation which started on Sunday.
Declaring the final result, the INEC Chairman said Tinubu and the APC also satisfied the constitutional requirement.
Yakubu said the certificate of return (CoR) would be issued to Tinubu and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima by 3pm on Wednesday.
