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INEC declares Buhari winner
President Muhammadu Buhari has now been declared winner of Saturday’s presidential elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The Returning Officer for the 2019 presidential elections, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the declaration at 4.37am Wednesday.
Incumbent President Buhari of the All Progressives Party (APC) polled 15,191,847 votes to defeat his rival Atiku Abubakar of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who had 11,262,978 votes.
“That Muhammadu Buhari, having scored the highest number of votes and satisfied the provision of the electoral act is hereby declared the winner of the presidential election,’’said Yakubu.
He announced that certificate of return will be issued to the President-elect and Vice President-elect by 2 pm on Wednesday.
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