Buhari, Osinbajo receive INEC’s certificate of return

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. 

INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, presented certificates of return to President Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the International Conference Centre (ICC) Abuja.

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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.