Politics

INEC Declares Tinubu President-Elect

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2 years ago

Mar 4, 2023.

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu the winner of Nigeria’s 2023 elections.

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The announcement was made in the early hours of Wednesday by the INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu.

Tinubu, a candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress polled 8,794,726 votes to beat candidates drawn from 17 other political parties.

Tinubu’s closest contenders were Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, Peter Obi of the Labour Party and Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party candidate.

According to the final result, APC polled 8,794,726 votes, PDP garnered 6,984,520 votes, LP scored 6,101,533 votes and NNPP garnered 1,496,687 votes.

Alongside Atiku and Obi, Tinubu won in 12 states while Kwankwaso claimed only Kano State.

Aside from Tinubu; Obi; Atiku, and Kwankwaso, other candidates that were in the running for the nation’s top job included Dumebi Kachikwu of the African Democratic Congress; Kola Abiola, People’s Redemption Party; Omoyele Sowore, Africa Action Congress; Adewole Adebayo, Social Democratic Party; Malik Ado-Ibrahim, Young Progressive Party; Prof Christopher Imumulen, Accord Party; Prof Peter Umeadi, All Progressives Grand Alliance; and Yusuf Mamman Dan Talle, Allied Peoples Movement.

Others were Hamza Al-Mustapha, Action Alliance; Sani Yusuf, Action Democratic Party; Nnnadi Osita, Action Peoples Party; Oluwafemi Adenuga, Boot Party; Osakwe Felix Johnson, National Rescue Movement; and Nwanyanwu Daniel Daberechukwu, Zenith Labour Party.

The 2023 presidential election was the first time Tinubu ran for the highest office in the land. The former senator left office as a two-term governor of Lagos State in 2007 and played a huge role in forming a mega party that wrestled power from the PDP in 2015.

Having served as the national leader of the ruling party for many years, Asiwaju’s power and influence has, over the years, extended beyond the South-West region in recent years.

In his acceptance speech, Tinubu, Wednesday, assured Nigerians that he would be the chief servant and serve Nigeria with everything he has.

He said, “I will serve you; be your servant and not your leader. I will work with you and make Nigeria a great country,” Tinubu said at the APC Presidential Campaign Council headquarters in Abuja shortly after he was declared the winner of the presidential poll.