Candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has won the 2023 Presidential election polling 8,794,726 to beat his closest rival of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar who polled 6,984,520 votes, to emerge runner up.

The candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi came third polling a total number of 6,101,533 votes and the candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso with 1,496,687 votes.

Of the 36 states and FCT, Tinubu, Obi, and Atiku won 12 states each while Kwankwaso won only Kano State.

The 12 states won by Tinubu are Ogun, Ekiti, Oyo, Kwara, Benue, Rivers, Borno, Zamfara, Jigawa, Ondo, Kogi and Niger State.

Atiku of the PDP won Taraba, Osun, Akwa Ibom, Adamawa, Kaduna, Sokoto, Yobe, Bayelsa, Kebbi, Bauchi, Gombe and Katsina.

Obi won the following states; Ebonyi, Enugu, Imo, Anambra, Abia, Delta, Edo, FCT, Plateau, Nasarawa, Lagos and Cross River.

Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima are expected to be presented with Certificates of Return later today.