Head of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, has named Bola Tinubu the winner of the 2023 presidential election, March 1, 2023.

The national leader of the APC, Tinubu, won in 12 of the 36 states that make up the country. But in Lagos State, which he had ruled for eight years between 1999 and 2007, Obi crushed him.

In addition to this, the PDP's Atiku won the election in Katsina. The second term of President Muhammadu Buhari, the head of his party, expires on May 29 this year, and he is from Katsina.

The states that the Jagaban Borgu prevailed in are Niger, Benue, Kogi, Zamfara, Jigawa, Oyo, Rivers, Ogun, Ondo, Kwara, Ekiti, and Borno.

“It’s my turn actually!” An ecstatic Bola Tinubu roared an hour after he was declared on Wednesday morning.

“I 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,” he said.

As they say, the road to success is often winding and challenging. This claim is made in reference to Tinubu's climb to the presidency, which he has called his "long-life aspiration."

The former governor of Lagos State faced fierce resistance from over 23 other candidates vying for the nomination and had to weather all storms to originally hold onto the party ticket in June 2022.

His political allies from the south-west region, such as Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Governor Kayode Fayem of Ekiti State, Ajayi Borofice, Deputy Senate Leader Ibikunle Amosun, and former House Speaker Demiji Bankole, were featured in this.

Under the Social Democratic Party (SDP) banner, Tinubu was first and foremost elected to the Senate in 1992 to represent Lagos West. He also participated in the NADECO-based activists who advocated for the restoration of democracy.

In the first post-transition election for governor of Lagos State in 1999, Tinubu of the Alliance for Democracy defeated Dapo Sarumi of the Peoples Democratic Party and Architect Nosirudeen Kekere-Ekun of the All Peoples Party. In 2003, he won reelection, and he served until his resignation in 2007. One of Nigeria’s most powerful politicians, Tinubu continues to play a major role in politics in Lagos and other states, particularly in the South West.