The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu the winner of the 2023 presidential election.
The former governor of Lagos State polled 8,794,726 votes to defeat his closest rival, Atiku Abubakar of the PeoplesDemocraticParty (PDP), who scored 6,984,520.
INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, announced his victory, minutes past 4am on Wednesday at the National Collation Centre in Abuja.
Yakubu said the issuance of the certificate of return to Tinubu will take place at 3pm on Wednesday.
Below is the full breakdown of the result:
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
Mahmood Yakubu, chairperson of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), announced the results in the wee hours of Wednesday.