THE Independent National Electoral commission (INEC) has declared Ahmed Bola Tinubu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of Saturday’s presidential election.
According to INEC, Tinubu scored a total of 8,794,726 votes, to defeat 17 other candidates who took part in the election. The commission also said Tinubu scored over 25% of the votes cast in 30 states, which is more than the 24 states constitutionally required.
Prof Mahmood Yakubu, INEC Chairman, who announced the final results in the early hours of Wednesday in Abuja, 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.
Prof Yakubu, said Atiku Abubakar of the PDP came second in the election by polling a total of 6,984,520 votes in the election.
Peter Obi of the Labour Party came third in the election with a total of 6,101,533 votes while Rabiu Kwankwaso of the NNPP came fourth with 1,496,687 votes.
Only the top four candidates won the presidential election in at least one state. Each of Messrs Tinubu, Atiku and Obi won in 12 states while Mr Kwankwaso won only in Kano.
Tinubu won the election in Rivers, Borno, Jigawa, Zamfara, Benue, Kogi, Kwara, Niger, Osun, Ekiti, Ondo, Oyo and Ogun states.
Atiku won in Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto, Kaduna, Gombe, Yobe, Bauchi, Adamawa and Taraba states. He also won in Osun, Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa states.
Obi won in Edo, Cross River, Delta, Lagos, FCT, Plateau, Imo, Ebonyi, Nasarawa, Anambra, Abia and Enugu states.
Kwankwaso won in only Kano State.
