Last Saturday, Nigerians across the country filed out to elect the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd)’s successor.
During the early hours of Wednesday, the Independent National Electoral Commission declared the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, as the president-elect.
Tinubu, a former Lagos State governor, was declared the president-elect after the 70-year-old polled 8,794,726 votes to win the 2023 presidential election.
The INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, announced Tinubu as the winner at the International Collation Centre in Abuja.
However, the three leading presidential candidates won in 12 states each. Aside the eventual winner, other candidates are Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi of the Peoples Democratic Party and Labour party respectively.
Below is the breakdown of states won by the trio:
Tinubu
1) EKITI
APC 201,494
LP 11,397
PDP 89,554
2) OGUN
APC 341,558
LP 85,829
PDP 123,831
3) OYO
APC 449,884
LP 99,110
PDP 182,977
4) KWARA
APC 263,572
LP 31,141
PDP 136,909
5) ONDO
APC 369,924
LP 44,405
PDP 115,463
6) JIGAWA
APC 421,390
LP 1,889
PDP 386,587
7) BENUE
APC 31O,468
LP 308,372
PDP 130,081
8) NIGER
APC 375,183
LP 80,452
PDP 284,898
9) KOGI
APC 240,751
LP 56,217
PDP 145,104
10) ZAMFARA
APC 298,396
LP 1,660
PDP 193,978
11) RIVERS
APC 231,591
LP 175,071
PDP 88,468
12) BORNO
APC 252,282
LP 7,205
PDP 190,921
Atiku Abubakar
1) OSUN
APC 343,945
LP 23,283
PDP 354,366
2) YOBE
APC 151,459
LP 2,406
PDP 196,567
3) KATSINA
APC 482,283
LP 6,376
PDP 489,045
4) ADAMAWA
APC 182,881
LP 105,648
PDP 417,611
5) TARABA
APC 135,165
LP 146,315
PDP 189,017
6) KADUNA
APC 399,293
LP 294,494
PDP 554,360
7) BAYELSA
APC 42,572
LP 49,975
PDP 68,818
8) SOKOTO
APC 285,444
LP 6,568
PDP 288,679
9) Akwa/Ibom
APC 160,620
LP 132,683
PDP 214,012
10) BAUCHI
APC 316,694
LP 27,373
PDP 426,607
11) KEBBI
APC 248,088
LP 10,682
PDP 285,175
12) GOMBE
APC 146,977
LP 26,160
PDP 319,123
Peter Obi
1) Enugu: APC 4,772
LP 428,640
PDP 15,749
2) LAGOS APC 572,606
LP 584,454
PDP 75,750
3) NASARAWA
APC 172,922
LP 191,361
PDP 147,093
4) DELTA
APC 90,183
LP 314,866
PDP 161,600
5) IMO
APC 66,406
LP 360,495
PDP 30,234
6) Cross River
APC 130,520
LP 179,917
PDP 95,425
7) EBONYi
APC 42,402
LP 259,739
PDP 13,503
8) ANAMBRA
APC 5,111
LP 584,621
PDP 9,036
9) FCT
APC 90,902
LP 281,717
PDP 74,194
10) ABIA
APC 8,914
LP 327,095
PDP 22,676
11) EDO
APC 144,471
LP 331,163
PDP 89,585
12) PLATEAU
APC 307,195
LP 466,272
PDP 243,808
Kwankwaso
1) KANO
APC 517,341
LP 28,513
PDP 131,176
NNPP 997,279
SUB-TOTAL
APC 8,794,726
PDP 6,984,520
LP 6,101,533
(PUNCH)