It’s Actually My Turn, I’m Profoundly Humbled to Serve as the 16th President of Our Beloved Country – President-Elect Bola Tinubu Says

President-elect, Bola Tinubu, has delivered his acceptance speech after INEC declared him the winner of Saturday, February 25 presidential election.

Tinubu said;

“It’s actually my turn. am profoundly humbled to serve as the 16th President of our beloved country. This is a shining moment in the life of any man and an affirmation of our democratic existence;

I take this opportunity to appeal to my fellow contestants to let us team up together. It is the only nation we have. It is one country and we must build together,”

The former Lagos state governor secured a total of 8,794,726, to beat his main rivals Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi in the election.

INEC declares APC’s Bola Tinubu winner of 2023 presidential election

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the All-Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, as the winner of the Saturday, February 25, presidential election.

The Chairman of the Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, who announced the final result at exactly 4.10 a.m. Wednesday, March 1, said after days of collation of results from across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Tinubu polled a total of 8,794, 726 votes.

His closest rival, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, scored 6, 984, 520 votes while Labour Party’s Peter Obi secured 6, 101, 533 votes to come third. Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has 1,496,687 votes.

Mahmood said the Certificate of Returns for Tinubu and his running mate will be issued by 3pm today, March 1.