Following the collation of results of the just completed February 23 election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate and incumbent president, Muhammadu Buhari as the winner of the 2019 Presidential election on Wednesday.
Buhari defeated the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and other presidential candidates with over 15,191,847 votes, winning in 19 of the 36 states.
As the constitution stipulates, a presidential candidate must have nothing less than 25 per cent of votes cast in at least two-thirds or 24 states of the federation. The candidate should also have majority votes in the election.
The figure released by INEC at the national collation centre in Abuja on Wednesday morning shoiws that the incumbent President has more than 25 per cent of the election in over 24 states.
His closest rival, Atiku also had 25 per cent of the total votes cast in over 24 states but lost the poll when the simple majority rule condition is applied. While President Buhari won in 19 states, Atiku won in 17 states and the FCT.