INEC Declares Tinubu President-Elect

“That Tinubu Bola Ahmed of the APC having satisfied the requirements of the law is hereby declared the winner and he is returned elected,” Prof Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), announced this exactly 4:10am on Wednesday.

He said Tinubu who contested under the All Progressives Congress (APC) polled a total of 8,794,726 votes to defeat his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rival, Atiku Abubakar, who scored 6,984,520 votes while Peter Obi of the Labour Party secured 6,101,533, and Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigerian Peoples Party trailed with 1,496,687.

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He gave the valid votes were 24,025,940 and rejected votes as 939,278, while the total votes cast were 24,966,218.

The announcement, which was done at the National Collation Centre in Abuja, signalled the end of the collation which started on Sunday.

Declaring the final result, the INEC chairman said Tinubu and the APC also satisfied the constitutional requirements.

Yakubu said the certificate of return (CoR) would be issued to Tinubu and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima by 3pm on Wednesday.