BREAKING: Asiwaju Bola Tinubu collects his Certificate of Return [VIDEO]

The Independent National Electoral Commission has presented the certificate of return to the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, and vice president-elect, Kashim Shettima, on Wednesday.

The PUNCH reports that the electoral umpire declared the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Tinubu, as the President-elect during the early hours of Wednesday.

Tinubu, a former Lagos State governor, was declared the president-elect after he polled 8,794,726 votes to win the 2023 presidential election.

The INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, announced Tinubu as the winner at the International Collation Centre in Abuja.

Declaring Tinubu as the winner, the INEC boss said, “That Tinubu Bola Ahmed of the APC, having satisfied the requirements of the law is hereby declared the winner and returned elected.”

Tinubu won the election ahead of other contenders — the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Atiku Abubakar; the Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi; and the New Nigeria Peoples Party candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso.

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has just collected his Certificate of Return, having elected by Nigerians as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. pic.twitter.com/EJJkXLB7kZ

— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) March 1, 2023