2023 ELECTION: INEC DECLARES TINUBU PRESIDENT – ELECT

The chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission Prof. Mahmood Yakubu in the early hours of today declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the winner of the presidential election of 25 February 2023.

In the results Mr Tinubu defeated 17 other candidates who took part in the elections, he scored

 a total of 8,794,726 votes, his close rivals Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) scored a total of 6,984,520 votes,

 Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party came third with a total of 6,101,533 votes and Mallam Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria People Party (NNPP) came fourth with 1,496,687

In the spread of votes per state  Tinubu won in Rivers, Borno, Jigawa, Zamfara, Benue, Kogi, Kwara, Niger, Ekiti, Ondo, Oyo and Ogun states.

Atiku won in Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto, Kaduna, Gombe, Yobe, Bauchi, Adamawa,Taraba, Osun, Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa states.

Obi won in Lagos, Delta, Edo, Cross River, Plateau, Imo, Ebonyi, Nasarawa, Anambra, Abia, Enugu states and Federal Capital Territory (FCT)

Kwankwaso won in Kano state.

Figures from INEC show:

Total registered voters: 93,469,008

Accredited voters: 25,286,616

Total vote cast: 24,965,218

Total valid votes: 24,025,940

Total rejected votes: 939,278

Scores by the various parties show:

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

Also elected on the 25th of February were lawmakers for the  national assembly which require 109 senators and 360 members of the house of representatives.

Meanwhile, the president – elect, the  vice president – elect Alhaji Kasheem Shettima and all the newly elected people would be issued certificates of return for authentication of their positions while the gubernatorial and state assembly elections are expected to hold on March 11.