The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) the number best Election Management Bodies (EMB) in the Nigeria that meets the aspirations of the Nigeria people headed by Prof. Mohmood Yakubu, has declare Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu the winner of Nigeria’s 2023 Presidential election.
Tinubu is at once one of the most well-known politicians in the country and also an enigma, dogged by questions about the source of his wealth, his age and his health.
A former accountant and senator, he’s credited by supporters for attracting major investment and turning Lagos into one of the biggest economies in Africa when he was governor of the state from 1999 to 2007.
Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu won with a total of 8,794,726 vote, defeating his closes PDP and Labour Party candidates and His is now Nigeria’s is fifth elected president since 1999.
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The presidential election held on February 25, 2023, was won by Bola Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos state and a candidate for Nigeria’s ruling party, the APC. On February 26, 2023, at precisely 4.10 am, the INEC, the electoral commission, announced the results in Abuja.
With his victory, Tinubu becomes the 16th president of Nigeria since the country’s independence in 1960 and the country’s fifth elected leader since 1999. With a total of 8,794,726 votes cast, he won the election for the top position in the nation on his first try. With 6,984,520 votes and 6,101,533 votes, respectively, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party, who was his closest rival, were defeated. With a total of 1,496,687 votes, Rabiu Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate for the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), finished in a distant fourth place.
In his acceptance speech, Tinubu thanked the public for their support and referred to himself as “profoundly humbled.” He continued by saying that he stands for a promise, one that will be kept with Nigerians’ help.
Rivers, Borno, Jigawa, Zamfara, Benue, Kogi, Kwara, Niger, Osun, Ekiti, Ondo, Oyo, and Ogun states were among the 13 that Tinubu won. Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto, Kaduna, Gombe, Yobe, Bauchi, Adamawa, and Taraba states, as well as Osun, Akwa Ibom, and Bayelsa states are among the nine states that Atiku won. Edo, Cross River, Delta, Lagos, FCT, Plateau, Imo, Ebonyi, Nasarawa, Anambra, Abia, and Enugu states were among the 12 states in which Obi triumphed. Only in Kano State did Kwankwaso triumph.
Videos from the nation’s capital Abuja showed Tinubu’s supporters jubilating over their candidate’s victory.