Election Update: Buhari wins the Presidential Election [INEC Official Result]
Prof. Yakubu Mahmud, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman announced early hours of today that the incumbent President of Nigeria in the person of President Muhammadu Buhari is declared the winner of the just concluded Presidential Election.
speaking to that effect he said
“That Muhammadu Buhari of the APC, having satisfied the requirement of the law and scored the highest number of votes is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected”.
That Muhammadu Buhari of the APC, having satisfied the requirement of the law and scored the highest number of votes is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected. #NigeriaDecides2019Result pic.twitter.com/oz89PAz1QM
— INEC Nigeria (@inecnigeria) February 27, 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari scored a total of 15,191,847 votes to be declared the winner while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart in the person Atiku Abubakar scored a total of 11,267,978 votes.