In the early hours of Wednesday, March 1, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission and returning officer of the 2023 presidential election, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, declared the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, as the winner of the keenly contested election which was held on Saturday, February 25.
Peoples Democratic Party’s Atiku Abubakar and Labour Party’s Peter Obi came second and third respectively in a contest that saw both of them win in 12 states each, just like the President-elect, Tinubu.
According to INEC’s data, 93.5 million eligible voters registered to participate in the election, out of which only 25.3 million participated and had their votes count.
Eighteen political parties fielded candidates for the nation’s top job and below is how they shared the 25.3 million valid votes in the election.
Candidate name Party Total votes
Imumolen Christopher A 61,014
Hamza Al-Mustapha AA 14,542
Omoyele Sowore AAC 14,608
Dumebi Kachikwu ADC 81,919
Yabagi Sani Yusuf ADP 43,924
Bola Tinubu APC 8,794,726
Peter Umeadi APGA 61,966
Princess Ojei Chichi APM 25,961
Charles Nnadi APP 12,839
Sunday Adenuga BP 16,156
Peter Obi LP 6,101,533
Rabiu Kwankwaso NNPP 1,496,687
Felix Johnson NRM 24,869
Atiku Abubakar PDP 6,984,520
Kola Abiola PRP 72,144
Adewole Adebayo SDP 80,267
AAbdul-Malik Ado-Ibrahim YPP 60,600
Dan Nwanyanwu ZLP 77,665
(The PUNCH)
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