The Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday, March 1, presented the Certificate of Return to the President-Elect, Bola Tinubu.
The certificate was presented to Tinubu by the INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, at the International Conference Centre in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Also presented with his own Certificate of Return was his running mate, Kashim Shettima.
The presentation came a few hours after Tinubu was declared the winner of the Saturday, February 25 poll, garnering 8,794,726 votes to defeat his closest rival, Atiku Abubakar of the PDP, who scored 6,984,520.
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Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has just collected his Certificate of Return, having elected by Nigerians as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. pic.twitter.com/EJJkXLB7kZ
— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) March 1, 2023