Tinubu emerges winner of 2023 presidential election

Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been declared the winner of the 2023 presidential election.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) made the announcement of the 2023 presidential election on Wednesday, March 1.

The electoral body announced the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, as the winner of last Saturday’s polls.

Tinubu secured a total of 8,794,726 votes, while Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) finished in second place with 6,984,520 votes.

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Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) came third with 6,101,533 votes.

Here is the breakdown of the results:

A – 61,014
AA – 14,542
AAC – 14,608
ADC – 81,919
ADP – 43,924
APC – 8,794,726
APGA – 61,966
APM – 25,961
APP – 12,839
BP – 16,156
LP – 6,101,533
NNPP – 1,496,687
NRM – 24,869
PDP – 6,984,520
PRP – 72,144
SDP – 80,267
YPP – 60,600
ZLP – 77,665