That the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has emerged winner of the 2023 presidential election is an established fact.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu made the announcement on Wednesday morning, March 1st, 2023 at the International Collation Centre in Abuja where he declared Tinubu as the president-elect.
According to the result by INEC, Tinubu won the election with a total vote of 8,794,726.
Tinubu defeated Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP) candidate, Peter Obi and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso.
The three leading presidential candidates won in 12 states each while Kwankwaso claimed only Kano State.
Tinubu defeated his closest challenger, Atiku Abubakar with 1.8 million votes.
In Borno State, Tinubu polled 252,282 votes across the 27 local government areas and was declared the winner by the state Collation Officer, Prof. Jude Rabo.
Atiku and Obi only garner 190,921 votes and 7,205, respectively while Kwankwaso amassed 4,626 votes.
In Rivers State, Tinubu raked in 231,591 votes from 23 LGAs while the LP scored 175, 071 votes and the PDP polled 88, 468 votes.
Peter Obi won in Abuja with 281,717 votes while Tinubu and Atiku shared the remaining slots of 90,902 votes and 74,149 respectively. Kwankwaso also polled 4,517 votes.
In Benue, Tinubu amassed 310,468 votes to relegate Obi (308,372), Atiku (130,081) and Kwankwaso (4,740) to second, third and fourth places.
In Zamfara State, Tinubu polled 298,396 votes against LP’s 1,660; NNPP’s 4,044 and the PDP’s 193,978 votes.
Peter Obi soared above other candidates in Plateau where he won by 466,272 votes compared to APC’s 307,195; PDP’s 243,808 while NNPP settled for 8,869 votes.
However, the states won by Tinubu include Ogun, Oyo, Ondo, Kwara, Ekiti, Kogi, Benue, Zamfara and Jigawa, while Atiku emerged victorious in Bauchi, Yobe, Gombe, Kaduna, Kebbi, Bayelsa, Adamawa and Akwa Ibom.
On the other hand, Obi won Lagos, Enugu, Cross River, Nasarawa, Imo, Anambra, Abia, Delta and Plateau States as well as the FCT.
In the final computation, APC scored 8,794,726 votes, PDP polled 6,984,520 votes, LP got 6,101,533 votes and NNPP had 1,496,687 votes.
