The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu winner of Feb. 25 presidential election.
Tinubu, who was former Governor of Lagos State, garnered a total votes of 8,794,726 to defeat his major rivals; Atiku Abubakar of the People Democratic Party (PDP) who polled 6,984,520 votes , and Peter Obi of Labour Party who secured 6,101,533 votes of the 24,965,218 total vote cast.
Also Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso- of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) came distance fourth with 1,496,687 votes.
INEC declaration of Tinubu as winner of the Presidential Election
“That Tinubu Bola Ahmed of the APC haven satisfied the requirements of the law and scoring the highest votes is hereby declared winner and elected,” Yakubu said.
Yakubu also listed the votes scored by other political parties and their Presidential Candidates as follows:
Political Parties and thier scores
- Accord (A), Prof. Christopher Imumulen- 61,014
- Action Alliance (AA) Almustapha Hamza-14,542
- African Action Congress (AAC) Omoyele Sowore-14,608
- African Democratic Congress (ADC) Dumebi Kachikwu-81,919
- Action Democratic Party (ADP) Sani Yabagi -43,924
- All Progressives Congress (APC) Sen. Bola Tinubu-8,794,726
- All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Prof. Peter Umeadi -61,966
- Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Princess ChiChi Ojei-25,961
- Action Peoples Party (APP) Nnadi Charles Osita-12,839
- Boot Party (BP), Adenuga Oluwafemi-16,156
- Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi -6,101,533
- New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso-1,496,687
- National Rescue Movement (NRM) Osakwe Felix Johnson -24,869
- Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) , Atiku Abubakar-6,984,520
- Peoples Redemption Party ( PRP), Kola Abiola-72,144
- Social Democratic Party (SDP) Prince Adewole Adebayo-80,2067
- Young Progressive Party (YPP) Prince Abdulmalik Ado-Ibrahim-60,600
- Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) Nwanyanwu Daberechukwu-77,665
He gave the total number of registered voters in the country as 93,469,008, accredited voters as 25,286,616, valid votes as 24,025,940 and rejected votes as 939,278.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that INEC will present the Certificate of Return to Tinubu at 3 p.m.
NAN also reports that the election result sheets was not signed by PDP, LP, NNPP, and other parties which had earlier on Monday staged a walk out of the national collation centre.
The opposition parties alleged that the process of the election had been compromised, demanding the election should be cancelled and a fresh poll conducted.
They also demanded that INEC Chairman should step aside and allow another person conduct the election.
According to Yakubu, Certificate of Return for the president-elect and vice president-elect would be issued on Wednesday at 3pm.
The commission would on Thursday issue a statement on when the Certificate of Return for the senators-elect and House of Representatives members -elect would be issued.
(NAN)
