BUHARI RECEIVES INEC'S CERTIFICATE OF RETURN AFTER WINNING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Afnews Editor
Feb 27, 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari has received the certificate of return from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that affirms his victory in the 2019 presidential election.
In an election that had a total of 73 candidates, Buhari won 15,191,847 of the total votes cast while his closest opponent, Atiku Abubakar, gained 11,262,978 votes, an astonishing victory margin of 3,928,869 votes.
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INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, presented certificates of return to President Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in Abuja just hours after he declared them victors on Wednesday, February 27.
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