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General News of Wednesday, 1 March 2023

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Election 2023: Buhari congratulates Bola Tinubu on his victory

Bola Ahmed Tinubu with President Muhammadu Buhari Bola Ahmed Tinubu with President Muhammadu Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the president-elect of the recently held Nigeria's general elections, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), announced the results in the wee hours of Wednesday, March 1.

Tinubu was in the race along with the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP).

In terms of the hard figures, APC polled 8,794,726 valid votes as against the PDP's 6,984,520 and LP's 6,101,533 .

In a statement released by the presidency on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, Buhari stated that Tinubu was elected by the people and is the best man for the job.

Read his full statement below: