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Fani-Kayode reacts as INEC declares Tinubu President-elect

Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has congratulated the winner of the 2023 Presidential Election, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Fani-Kayode, a chieftain of the APC, described Tinubu’s victory as historic and well-deserved.

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Recall that the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mahmood Yakubu, had announced Tinubu as the winner of last Saturday’s presidential election in the early hours of Wednesday.

According to Mahmood, Tinubu scored a total of 8,794,726 votes to defeat his closest rivals and candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP who polled 6,984, 520 and 6,101,533 votes, respectively.

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Reacting, Fani-Kayode, in a tweet via his Twitter handle, wrote: “Congrats to President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu (@officialABAT) for a resounding, historic & well-deserved victory after a hard-fought fight.

“We give the Lord praise and thanksgiving for what He has done. He is mighty in battle and faithful to His own. To Him alone be the glory.”

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