APC Presidential Candidate, Bola Tinubu, Declared President-Elect in Nigeria’s 2023 Elections”...CONTINUE READING
Last Saturday, Nigerians headed to the polls to elect their new president, following the end of incumbent President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd)’s term.
After a few days of vote counting, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced on Wednesday that the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Bola Tinubu, had been elected as Nigeria’s next president.
Tinubu, a former Lagos State governor, secured the victory after garnering 8,794,726 votes in the presidential election. The announcement was made by INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, at the International Collation Centre in Abuja.
Despite Tinubu’s clear win, the other two leading presidential candidates also won 12 states each. These candidates are Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi of the Peoples Democratic Party and Labour Party respectively. Below is a breakdown of the states won by the trio:
Tinubu
1. EKITI
APC 201,494
LP 11,397
PDP 89,554
2. OGUN
APC 341,558
LP 85,829
PDP 123,831
3. OYO
APC 449,884
LP 99,110
PDP 182,977
4. KWARA
APC 263,572
LP 31,141
PDP 136,909
5. ONDO
APC 369,924
LP 44,405
PDP 115,463
6. JIGAWA
APC 421,390
LP 1,889
PDP 386,587
7. BENUE
APC 31O,468
LP 308,372
PDP 130,081
8. NIGER
APC 375,183
LP 80,452
PDP 284,898
9. KOGI
APC 240,751
LP 56,217
PDP 145,104
10. ZAMFARA
APC 298,396
LP 1,660
PDP 193,978
11. RIVERS
