The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued certificate of return to winner of Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and his vice, Kashim Shettima.
INEC presented the certificate of return to the president-elect and the vice president-elect in the afternoon of Wednesday at a ceremony which took place at the National Collation Centre, Abuja, witnessed by dignitaries, supporters and party members from across the 36 states and the FCT.
INEC had earlier in the day declared Tinubu winner of Saturday’s presidential election after he polled a total of 8,794,726 votes to defeat other candidates in the race.
Declaring the result, Mahmoud Yakubu, the INEC chairman, said, “Bola Tinubu of APC, having satisfied the requirements of the law, is hereby declared the winner of the election.”
A breakdown of the presidential election result as presented at National Collation Centre, Abuja shows that total accredited voters were 25,286,616 and total votes cast stood at 24,965,218.
