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 The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for president, Bola Tinubu, has been declared the victor of the general election in 2023.  In the small hours of Wednesday, Mahmood Yakubu, the chair of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), announced the results.  Yakubu said that Tinubu received 8,794,726 votes in total.  With 6,984,520 votes, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) came in second, followed by Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) with 6,101,533 votes.  As the federation's main returning officer, I am currently carrying out my duties, the INEC chair declared.  The returning officer for the general election of 2023 is me, professor Mahmood Yakubu, and I officially declare that fact. Election results were challenged. Yakubu added that the issuance of the certificate of return to Tinubu will take place at 3pm on Wednesday. See the full breakdown of the result below. A – 61,014 AA – 14,542 AAC – 14,608 ADC – 81,919 ADP –...

 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of Nigeria's national chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, receives the results from the states of Ekiti, Kwara, Osun, and Ondo.  The results are delivered to Inec for the national collation center by the election commissioners following statewide collation.  The national chairman of Inec, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, visited me and then declared the results of the presidential election.  Millions of people cast ballots in Nigeria's most contested presidential election since the collapse of the military rule.  Democrats cast ballots to select legislators for the national assembly. There are 109 federal senators and 360 members of the house of representatives, and the March governorship elections. Share this story 

  Dino Melaye, the Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) collation agent, has voiced his opposition to the collation and result release procedures.  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, is conducting the procedure.  The former lawmaker is contesting each and every result that the various State Collation Officers have submitted.  For comparison with the results reported by the state's collation officials, he wants the results announced at the polling places to be posted on the INEC website.  Dino, you are now purposefully being obstructive, remarked Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the chairman of INEC, who sought to calm him down. Share this story