Nigeria Decides: Tinubu takes strong lead after result collation, may be declared winner
Following the announcement of the election results from 36 states of the federation and the federal capital territory by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu is strongly leading his major rivals; Atiku Abubakar (Peoples Democratic Party) and Peter Obi (Labour Party).
As of the time this report was filed, Tinubu leads his closest challenger, Atiku Abubakar of the PDP, with over 1.8 million votes after the summation of results from the 36 states and Abuja.
Tinubu polled the majority votes with 8,805,428 votes with Atiku and Obi trailing behind in the second and third positions with 6,984,290 votes and 6,093,962 votes respectively.
The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso scored a total of 1,496,671 votes to come fourth.
Tinubu won a total of 10 states, Atiku 12 and Obi 12. Kwankwaso won 1 state.
The Presidential and National Assembly elections were held nationwide on Saturday, February 25, 2023, with 18 political parties fielding candidates for the presidential poll.
