The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday morning declared former Lagos State Governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the winner of the presidential election in Nigeria.
Chairman of the commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, who announced the results of the election held on Saturday, February 25, disclosed that Tinubu, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), polled 8,794,726 votes to defeat Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party as well as other candidates of political parties that contested the election.
Below is the full breakdown of the result:
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
Final result:
APC – 8,794,726
PDP – 6,984,520
LP – 6,101,533
AAC – 14,608
APC won 12 states
PDP won 12 states
LP won 12 states
NNPP won 001 states