“It’s actually a stepping stone, hold your head high and celebrate. Together, a new Nigeria is possible.”
Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Bola Tinubu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of the 2023 presidential election.
Tinubu defeated 17 other candidates who took part in the election. He scored a total of 8,794,726 votes, the highest of all the candidates, thus meeting the first constitutional requirement to be declared the winner.
He also received over 25 per cent of the votes cast in 30 states, more than the 24 states constitutionally required.
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakr of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) polled a total of 6,984,520 votes in the election to come second.
