The presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has won the presidential election in Jigawa State, North-west Nigeria.
The INEC resident electoral commissioner in the state, Prof. Muhammad Bashar, a professor, declared Tinubu as the winner with 421,390 votes at the state collation centre on Monday, February 27, 2023,
Bashar said he defeated the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) Atiku Abubakar, who scored 386,587 votes.
Tinubu won with a margin of 34,803. The candidate of the New Nigeria People Party (NNPP) Rabiu Kwankwaso, got 98,234 votes while Peter Obi of Labour Party got 1, 889.
