The INEC chairman and Returning Officer of the presidential election, Prof. Mahmood
Yakubu, made the announcement at about 4.37a.m. on Wednesday.
According to Prof. Abubakar, President Buhari of the ruling All Progressives Party (APC)
polled 15,191,847 votes to defeat former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), who had 11,262,978 votes.
Buhari also satisfied the constitutional requirement of making 25 percent in 34 states
and the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja.
Prof Yakubu, who put the voter turn-out at 35.6 percent, said that of the revised 82.3
million registered voters, the total valid votes were 27.3 million.
Representatives of political parties, observers and the media witnessed the ceremony,
which was broadcast live.
In 2015, Buhari scored 15, 424,921 votes to beat the PDP candidate and incumbent
President Goodluck Jonathan, who scored 12,853,162 votes.