Nigerians elect Tinubu as next President, as electoral commission declares him winner
The Presidential Candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has won the election as the next President of Nigeria, as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared him the winner of the poll held last Saturday.
Penpushing reports that Tinubu scored a total of 8,794,726 votes to defeat 17 other candidates who participated in the election, and also scored over 25 per cent of the votes cast in 30 states, more than the 24 states constitutionally required.
The Chairman Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof Mahmood Yakubu in the final results announced in the early hours of Wednesday, which was the first day of the month of March said Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) came second in the election with a total of 6,984,520 votes.
Penpushing further reports that the commission said Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) came third in the election with a total of 6,101,533 votes while Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) came fourth with 1,496,687 votes.
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said a Certificate of Return for the President and Vice President will be presented by 3 p.m. on Wednesday at the National Collation Centre, Abuja
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