Alhaji Bola Tinubu, All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate was in the wee hours of Wednesday declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the winner of the 2023 presidential election.
Mahmood Yakubu, chairperson of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), who made the declaration, said Tinubu secured a total of 8,794,726 votes.
Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had the second-highest figure with 6,984,520 votes, while Sir Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) was next with 6,101,533 votes.
Said the INEC chair: “I now perform my responsibility as chief returning officer of the federation.
“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”.
Yakubu added that the issuance of the certificate of return to Tinubu will take place at 3:00pm on Wednesday.
Full breakdown of the results below.
A – 61,014
AA – 14,542
AAC – 14,608
ADC – 81,919
ADP – 43,924
APC – 8,794,726
APGA – 61,966
APM – 25,961
APP – 12,839
BP – 16,156
LP – 6,101,533
NNPP – 1,496,687
NRM – 24,869
PDP – 6,984,520
PRP – 72,144
SDP – 80,267
YPP – 60,600
ZLP – 77,665
