The Independent National Electoral Commission has disclosed
that it will present the certificate of return to the President-elect, Bola
Tinubu, and vice president-elect, Kashim Shettima, on Wednesday.
The electoral umpire declared the All Progressives Congress
presidential candidate, Tinubu, as the
President-elect during the early hours of Wednesday.
Tinubu, a former Lagos State governor, was declared the
president-elect after he polled 8,794,726 votes to win the 2023 presidential
election.
The INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, announced
Tinubu as the winner at the International Collation Centre in Abuja.
Declaring Tinubu as the winner, the INEC boss said, “That
Tinubu Bola Ahmed of the APC, having satisfied the requirements of the law is
hereby declared the winner and returned elected.”
Tinubu won the election ahead of other contenders — the Peoples Democratic Party candidate,
Atiku Abubakar; the Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi; and the New Nigeria
Peoples Party candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso.
The top three presidential candidates won in 12 states each
while Kwankwaso claimed only Kano State.
After announcing Tinubu as the winner, Yakubu explained that
the commission would be presenting the certificate of return to Tinubu and
Shettima at the International Collation Centre in Abuja.
The move, he said, would allow the commission to have ample
time to adequately plan for the governorship election billed for March 11.
He said though Tinubu and Shettima would be getting their
CoR, senators and House of Representatives members-elect would have to wait a
bit.
Yakubu said the commission would issue a statement later
today on when the ceremony for senators and House of Representatives
members-elect would hold.
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