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BREAKING: Tinubu wins Nigeria’s presidential election despite ethno-religious gang up

Despite the challenges thrown up by the ethnoreligious gang-up during the election process, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has been declared winner of Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election.

Tinubu, a southern Muslim who contested on a Muslim-Muslim ticket with Kashim Shettima as his running mate, was declared winner of the election in the wee hours of Wednesday by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

In the result officially announced by the country’s electoral commission chief, Prof. Mahmud Yakubu, Tinubu scored a total of 8,794,726 votes to upset Peter Obi’s Christian, Igbo-dominated Labour Party, who scored 6,101,533 votes to clinch third position.

Muslim News gathered that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, another Muslim from the north, who contested under the leading opposition People’s Democratic Party, PDP, scored 6,984,520 to emerge second, while the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) candidate, Dr. Rabiu Kwankwaso, also a Muslim from the north, came a distant fourth with 1,496,687.

 

Declaring the results, the INEC chairman, said: “I, Professor Mahmud Yakubu, hereby certify that I am the returning officer for the 2023 general election. The election was contested.

“That Tinubu Bola Ahmed of the APC, having certified the requirements of the law, is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected.”

The INEC chairman added that the issuance of the certificate of return to Tinubu will take place at 3pm on Wednesday.

“It’s my turn actually!” An elated Bola Tinubu enthused an hour after he was declared the President-elect of Nigeria by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday morning.

“I am profoundly humbled to serve as the 16th President of our beloved country. This is a shining moment in the life of any man and an affirmation of our democratic existence,” he added.

The former Lagos State Governor thanked all those who participated in the February 25 election with particular mention of ‘Atikulated’, ‘Obidients’, ‘Batified’ and ‘Kwankwasiyya’ supporters.

“I take this opportunity to appeal to my fellow contestants to let us team up. It is the only nation we have. It is one country and we must build it together,” he said.

DETAILS SHORTLY…

See the full breakdown of the result below.

NIGER

APC – 375, 183 (Won)

PDP – 284, 898

Labour – 80,452

BENUE

APC – 310,468 (Won)

LP – 308,372

PDP – 130, 081

FCT

APC – 90,902

LP – 281, 717 (Won)

PDP 74, 194

AKWA-IBOM

APC – 160, 620

LP – 132, 683

PDP – 214, 012 (Won)

EDO

APC – 144,471

LP – 331,163 (Won)

PDP – 89,585

ABIA

APC -8,914

LP – 327,095 (Won)

PDP – 22,676

KOGI

APC -240,751 (Won)

LP -56,217

PDP – 145,104

BAUCHI

APC – 316,694

LP – 27,373

PDP – 426,607 (Won)

PLATEAU

APC – 307, 195

LP – 466, 272 (Won)

PDP – 243,808

BAYELSA

APC – 42,572

LP – 49, 975

PDP – 68, 818 (Won)

KADUNA

APC – 399,293

LP – 294, 494

PDP – 554, 360 (Won)

KEBBI

APC – 248,088

LP – 10,682

PDP – 285,175 (Won)

KANO

APC – 517,341

LP – 28,514

PDP – 131,716

NNPP – 997, 279 (Won)

ZAMFARA

APC – 298, 396 (Won)

LP – 1660

PDP 193, 978

SOKOTO

APC – 285,444

LP – 6,568

PDP – 288,679 (Won)

CROSS RIVER

APC – 130, 520

LP – 179, 916 (Won)

PDP -95,425

DELTA

APC -90,183

LP -341,866 (Won)

PDP 161, 600

EBONYI

APC – 42, 402

LP – 259,738 (Won)

PDP 13, 503

ANAMBRA

APC – 5,111

LP – 584,621 (Won)

PDP – 9,036

OSUN

APC – 343, 945

PDP – 354,366 (Won)

LP – 23, 283

KASTINA

APC – 482, 283

LP – 63,776

PDP- 489,045 (Won)

JIGAWA

APC -421,390 (Won)
LP -1889
PDP -386,587

ADAMAWA

APC- 182,881
LP – 105,648
PDP – 417,611(Won)

GOMBE

APC- 146,977
LP- 26,160
PDP – 319,123 (Won)

LAGOS

APC- 572,606
LP- 582,454 (Won)
PDP – 75,750

ENUGU

APC- 4,772
LP- 428,640 (Won)
PDP – 15,749

YOBE

APC- 151, 459
LP- 2, 406
PDP – 198,567 (Won)

OYO

APC- 449, 884 (Won)
LP- 99,110
PDP – 182,977

OGUN

APC- 341,554 (Won)
LP- 85,829
PDP – 123,831

ONDO

APC- 369, 924 (Won)
LP- 47, 350
PDP – 115,463

KWARA

APC- 263,572 (Won)
LP- 31,186
PDP – 136,909

EKITI

APC -201,494 (Won)
PDP – 89,554
LP -11,397

NASARAWA

APC – 172, 922
LP – 191, 361(Won)
PDP – 147,093

TARABA

APC – 135,165
LP -146,315
PDP – 189,017 (Won)

BORNO

APC – 252, 282 (Won)
LP – 7,205
PDP – 190, 921

RIVERS

APC -231, 591(Won)
LP -175, 071
PDP – 88,468

IMO

APC – 66,406
LP -360,495 (Won)
PDP -30,234

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