Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared president-elect of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor on 29 May.
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, announced Tinubu’s victory, minutes past 4am on Wednesday at the National Collation Centre in Abuja.
“That Tinubu Bola Ahmed of the APC, having satisfied the requirement of the law, is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected,” Yakubu declared.
Tinubu, 70, came out tops in 12 out of 36 states. He also won the highest number of votes — 8,794,726.
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) got 6,984,520 votes, while the candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, who, finished third with 6,101,533.
Atiku won in 12 states. Obi came tops in 11 states, including narrowly winning Lagos state, Tinubu’s base. . He also came out tops in the nation’s capital Abuja.
Former Kano State Governor and candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, finished fourth, claiming victory in his state — Kano. He secured 1,496,687 votes.
Professor Yakubu’s announcement, four days after the vote, brings to a climax a presidential election marred by controversy, violence and ballot box snatching in some states of the country on February 25 during the election.
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