By Muhammadu Sabiu
The candidate for the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has been declared the winner of the 2023 presidential election.
The declaration was made by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) after Tinubu gained 8,805,420 votes to win the election.
In the wee hours of Wednesday, INEC Chairman Professor Mahmood Yakubu made the declaration at the International Collation Centre in Abuja.
Tinubu succeeded against rival candidates Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, Peter Obi of the Labour Party, and Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party.
The three front-runners for president each won 12 states, although Kwankwaso only won Kano State.
Atiku, a former vice president and his closest rival, lost to Tinubu by a margin of no less than 1.8 million votes.
Other candidates vying for the presidency of the country, in addition to Tinubu, Obi, Atiku, and Kwankwaso, are Dumebi Kachikwu of the African Democratic Congress, Kola Abiola of the People’s Redemption Party, Omoyele Sowore of the Africa Action Congress, Adewole Adebayo of the Social Democratic Party, Malik Ado-Ibrahim of the Young Progressive Party, and Prof. Christopher Imumulen of the Accord Party.
Major Hamza Al-Mustapha of the Action Alliance, Sani Yusuf of the Action Democratic Party, Nnnadi Osita of the Action Peoples Party, Oluwafemi Adenuga of the Boot Party, Osakwe Felix Johnson of the National Rescue Movement, and Nwanyanwu Daniel Daberechukwu of the Zenith Labour Party are also on the list.
Ogun, Oyo, Ondo, Kwara, Ekiti, Kogi, Benue, Zamfara, Borno, Rivers, and Jigawa are some of the states that Tinubu won.
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