Buhari Re-elected For A Second Term

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By Suleiman Ugbokhe
President Muhammadu Buhari in a campaign rally before the election

 President Muhammadu Buhari has been re-elected for a second term in office as president and commander-in-chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

 His victory stemmed from the presidential election held in the country on Saturday, February 23, 2019.

It took the election umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) four days of counting of votes cast and collation of results from the 36 states of the country and Abuja, the federal capital to arrive at the final figures that gave victory to Buhari.

The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, while announcing the winner, said Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) garnered 15,191,847 votes to defeat the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) flag-bearer, Atiku Abubakar, who got 11,262,978.

According to Premium Times, an online publication, the INEC Chairman, in declaring the winner, said: “I, Professor Mahmood Yakubu hereby certify that I was the returning officer for the election held on the 23rd of February, 2019.

“That Muhammadu Buhari having satisfied the requirements of the law, having scored the highest number of votes is hereby returned elected.”

It was a hard-fought victory for the President and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), after a rigorous political campaign that saw the 76-year old retired army general traverse the 36 state capitals as he sought much-needed re-election.

Before the announcement of the final results, the PDP had rejected the outcome saying the election was marred by disenfranchisement and manipulation of figures.

The party went ahead to ask INEC to discontinue the announcement of the presidential election results.

But the ruling party described the opposition party’s reaction as “antics” to stop the INEC from completing this electoral process.

There were, indeed, election violence in several parts of the country with injuries and fatalities recorded in Lagos, Rivers, Kano, Kogi, Zamfara, Anambra, Ogun, among other states.

At least, 47 people died from election-related violence recorded across more than eight states in the country, according to the Situation Room, a coalition of more than 70 civil society groups.

But the violence notwithstanding, Mr Buhari was able to win in 19 states, securing the statutorily required 25 per cent of votes cast in more than 24 of the 36 states. He won in Kaduna, Jigawa, Niger, Yobe, Gombe, Kogi, Nasarawa, Kwara, Osun, Ekiti, Bauchi, Lagos, Ogun, Kano, Katsina, Borno, Sokoto, Kebbi, and Zamfara states.

Mr Abubakar prevailed in 17 states and the FCT. The opposition candidate won in Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, Abia, Ondo, Adamawa, Taraba, Oyo, Edo, Benue, Imo, Plateau, Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, and the FCT.

The President-elect has since been issued with the Certificate of Return by the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu.

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