Prof Mahmood Yakubu , Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the Chief Electoral Officer and Chief Returning Officer at 4.38 am declares President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the 2019 Presidential election.
Having polled a total number of 15,171,847 votes of the 28,614,190 votes cast on Saturday, March 23, 2019, President Buhari satisfied the constitutional requirement and was pronounced winner. The APC candidate defeated his closest rival and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who polled 11,262,978 votes.
According to INEC chairman, a total number of 82,344,107 voters were registered for the election out of which 29,364,209 voters were accredited. Yakubu declared that the total number valid votes was 27,324,583; total votes rejected was 1,289,607 while total votes cast was 28,614,190.
The chairman said certificate of return will be issued to President Buhari and his running mate, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo at 2.00pm today at the Collation Centre.
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