#Nigeria Decides2019: INEC declared Buhari winner of presidential election
Mohammed Buhari of the APC, having satisfied the requirement of the law and scored the highest number of votes is hereby declared the winner of and is declared the winner and returned elected
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Admin l Wednesday, February 27, 2019
ABUJA, Nigeria –Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu today declared President Muhammadu Buhari as winner of the 2019 Presidential election.
According to him, Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressive Congress(APC) scored 15, 191, 847 to defeat Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), who scored 11, 262, 978.
“That Mohammed Buhari of the APC, having satisfied the requirement of the law and scored the highest number of votes is hereby declared the winner of and is declared the winner and returned elected. #NigeriaDecides2019 Result”, Yakubu declared.
See his statement below
I Professor Mahmood Yakubu, hereby certify that I am the Chief Returning Officer, for the presidential election, held on the 23rd of February, 2019. That the election was contested and the candidates received the following votes.
Total number of registered voters: 82, 344, 107
Total number of accredited votes: 29,364, 209
Total votes cast: 28,614, 190
Total valid votes: 27, 324, 583
Rejected votes: 1, 289, 607
AAC: 33,953
ADC: 97, 874
ADP: 54, 930
APC: 15, 191, 847
PDP: 11, 262, 978
SDP: 34,746
That Mohammed Buhari of the APC, having satisfied the requirement of the law and scored the highest number of votes is hereby declared the winner of and is declared the winner and returned elected. #NigeriaDecides2019 Result
First: APC: 15, 191, 847
Second: PDP: 11, 262, 978
Third: ADC: 97, 874
Fourth: ADP: 54, 930
Fifth: SDP: 34,746
Sixth: AAC: 33,953
