Based on the INEC results, Mr Tinubu has a minimum of 25 per cent in 30 states. Atiku has a minimum of 25 per cent in 21 states while Mr Obi scored a minimum of 25 per cent in 17 states.



Mr Tinubu, the former governor of Lagos State, has so far garnered 8,805,420 votes. He also won the elections in 12 states.

Atiku scored 6,984,290 votes and he also won in 12 states.

The Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi, is following closely with 12 states won and 6,093,962 votes garnered.


In fourth position is Rabiu Kwankwaso who has 1,496,671 votes and won a state – Kano State.

Mr Tinubu won the elections in Rivers, Borno, Jigawa, Zamfara, Benue, Kogi, Kwara, Niger, Ekiti, Ondo, Oyo and Ogun states.


Atiku won in Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto, Kaduna, Gombe, Yobe, Bauchi, Adamawa and Taraba states. He also won in Osun, Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa states.

Mr Obi won in Edo, Cross River, Delta, Lagos, FCT, Plateau, Imo, Ebonyi, Nasarawa, Anambra, Abia and Enugu states.

Apart from scoring the constitutionally required majority votes, Mr Tinubu also appears to have met the second requirement of 25 per cent of the votes in 25 states (two-thirds of Nigeria’s 36 states and Abuja).

25% requirement
Section 134 of the constitution stipulates the requirements a candidate must meet to be declared the winner of a presidential election.

The section states that: “(1) A candidate for an election to the office of the President shall be deemed to have been duly elected, where, there being only two candidates for the election

“(a) he has the majority of votes cast at the election; and

“(b) he has not less than one-quarter of the votes cast at the election in each of at least two-thirds of all the States in the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.”

Labour party has a long legal case ahead till the supreme court. I just hope they have all the polling results evidence they need to follow up this case. finally, a good forensic experts

Going by the constitution, there was no way Obi could have won this election. So please let's stop the stolen mandate talk.

I agree his votes may have been reduced in strongholds, but what if those areas in the North and West where he had no votes at all.

He won't have still met the constitutional standard to be declared winner.

8. Don't post false information on Nairaland.