Tinubu Declared winner of the 2023 Presidential poll

By Iyojo Ameh

The presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC)Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been declared winner of the 2023 presidential election by Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Tinubu polled 8, 794, 726 to defeat his closest rival, Atiku Abubakar, candidate of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 6,984, 520 and Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (PDP) who garnered, 6,101,533 while Rabiu Kwankwaso of New Nigerian Peoples Party ( NNPP) got 1,496,687.

The National Leader of APC won in 12 states out of the 36 States of the Federation but notably lost to Obi in Lagos State where he governed for eight years between 1999 and 2007.

Similarly, he lost Katsina, the home State of President Muhammadu Buhari, a leader of his party whose second term ends on May, 29 this year to Atiku of the PDP.

States won him are: Niger, Benue, Kogi, Zamfara, Jigawa, Oyo, Rivers, Ogun, Ondo, Kwara, Ekiti and Borno.