Nigeria incumbent President, Muhammadu Buhari has been declared winner of the 2019 Presidential election by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on early hours of Wednesday.
The Returning Officer for the 2019 presidential elections, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the declaration at 4.37am.
He polled 15,191,847 votes to defeat his closest rival, former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the presidential poll conducted on February 23 who had 11,262,978 votes.
Making the declaration, Yakubu said: “That Muhammadu Buhari, having scored the highest number of votes and satisfied the provision of the electoral act is hereby declared the winner of the presidential election.’’
He announced that certificate of return will be issued to the President-elect and Vice President-elect by 2 pm on Wednesday.
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INEC OFFICIALLY DECLARES BUHARI WINNER OF NIGERIA 2019 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Description : Nigeria incumbent President, Muhammadu Buhari has been declared winner of the 2019 Presidential election by Independent National Elect...
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