Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared the president-elect of the Federal Republic of Nigeria by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
In the keenly contested polls held on February 25, the former Lagos state governor polled a staggering figure to the tune of over 8 million votes to become the new sheriff in town.
With his victory, Tinubu becomes the fifth democratically-elected president in Nigeria. He will succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in May 2023.
Here are the five quick-fire stats in the just concluded election as gathered by Ikeja Bird:
- The New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) and its presidential candidate, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, got the highest vote in a state — 997,279 in Kano state.
- The ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC) won with 10% of those with PVC.
- All the top three candidates ( Bola Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, won 12 states apiece.
- APC has the widest vote spread — won in five of six regions.
- Only Peter Obi’s Labour Party won all states in an entire region — South East.
- APC won Rivers, Borno, Jigawa, Zamfara, Benue, Kogi, Kwara, Niger, Ekiti, Ondo, Oyo and Ogun states.
- PDP won Katsina, Osun, Kebbi, Sokoto, Kaduna, Gombe, Yobe, Bauchi, Adamawa, Taraba, Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa states.
- LP won Edo, Cross River, Delta, Lagos, FCT, Plateau, Imo, Ebonyi, Nasarawa, Anambra, Abia and Enugu states.
