The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared 76-year-old President Muhammadu Buhari as president-elect, following the collation of results of the Saturday, 23 February 2019 election.
The INEC chairman and Returning Officer of the presidential election, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the announcement at about 4.37a.m. on Wednesday, 27 February 2019. According to Prof. Abubakar, President Buhari of the ruling All Progressives Party (APC) polled 15,191,847 votes to defeat former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), who had 11,262,978 votes.
Buhari also satisfied the constitutional requirement of making 25 percent in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja. Prof Yakubu, who put the voter turn-out at 35.6 percent, said that of the revised 82.3 million registered voters, the total valid votes were 27.3 million.
Representatives of political parties, observers and the media witnessed the ceremony, which was broadcast live.
In 2015, Buhari scored 15, 424,921 votes to beat the PDP candidate and incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan, who amassed 12,853,162 votes.
– APA
