BREAKING: BOLA TINUBU DECLARED WINNER OF 2023 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION (VIDEOS)

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By Aishat Momoh. O.

The All Progressive Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has been declared winner of the just concluded presidential election which was held on 25th February, 2023.

The announcement was made in the early hours of Wednesday (4.08am) by the Independent National Electoral Commission’s chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, at the National Collation Centre, Abuja.

Tinubu garnered 8,794,726 votes to beat his closest rival, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party who scored 6,984,520. While Peter Obi of the Labour Party scored 6,101,553 and Musa Mohammed Rabiu Kwankaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party scored 1,496,687.

The President elect got the highest vote cast in Rivers with 231,591, Borno – 252,283, Cross-River – 130,520, Zamfara – 298,396, Jigawa – 42,139,0, Adamawa – 182,881, Niger – 375,183 , Ogun-341,554, Benue – 310,468, Oyo – 449,884, Ondo -369,924, Kwara – 263,572.

Meanwhile, on Monday, Dino Melaye, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) agent, and other party agents, staged a walkout of the national collation centre in Abuja over INEC’s delay in uploading the presidential election results to the election results viewing portal (IRev).

Melaye had also reportedly accused Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman of rigging the electoral process.

Subsequently, during a joint press conference held on Tuesday in Abuja, the Labour Party (LP), PDP and African Democratic Congress (ADC) demanded a fresh election, saying the February 25 presidential election has been “irretrievably compromised”.

In response to the allegation, Mahmood advised parties dissatisfied with the results of the presidential election to challenge the results in court.