INEC presents Certificate of Returns to Buhari, Osinbajo
The
Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has presented
President Muhammadu Buhari and his Vice, Yemi Osinbajo their
Certificates of Return.
The certificates were issued to them
at the International Conference Center, ICC, in Abuja by the Chairman of
INEC, Mahmood Yakubu.
The Independent National Electoral
Commission, INEC, had on Wednesday morning declared the presidential
candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Muhammadu Buhari as the
winner of Nigeria’s 2019 presidential election.
Chairman of INEC, Mahmood Yakubu made the declaration on Wednesday morning at the ICC Collation centre in Abuja.
This follows the official announcement of results from 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) by the commission.
Buhari
polled a total of 15,191,847 votes, compared to the 11,262,978 votes
recorded by Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP).
While Atiku had gained more votes,
winning the incumbent President with wide margins in States in the South
East and South-South, Buhari gathered insurmountable strength in the
North.
A total of 73 presidential candidates participated in the election which held on Saturday. Dailypost