INEC declares Buhari winner of 2019 Presidential Election
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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has declared President Muhammadu Buhari as the winner of Nigeria’s 2019 Presidential elections.
INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu made the declaration at the end of the collation process in the wee hours of Wednesday at the International Conference Centre in Abuja.
He said Buhari scored the highest number of votes and satisfied the requirements of the law.
According to Professor Yakubu, the Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Muhammadu Buhari polled 15,191,847 votes.
The main opposition candidate, Atiku Abubakar of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP scored 11,262,978 votes
Yakubu said the Certificate of Return will be issued to 2.00pm Wednesday.
