The President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has received his Certificate of Return.
Also, the Vice President-Elect, Senator Kashim Shettima, received his Certificate of Return.
The certificates of return were handed over to them by the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu. at the International Conference Centre in Abuja on Wednesday, March 1, 2023.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo attended the presentation ceremony.
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Tinubu, who was former governor of Lagos State, got a total votes of 8,794,726 to defeat his major rivals; Atiku Abubakar of the People Democratic Party (PDP) who polled 6,984,520 votes and Peter Obi of Labour Party who secured 6,101,533 votes of the 24,965,218 total vote cast.
Also Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) came a distant fourth with 1,496,687 votes.
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