{"id":83563,"date":"2023-03-01T20:42:04","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T19:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/inec-presents-certificate-of-return-to-president-elect-tinubu"},"modified":"2023-03-01T22:01:58","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T21:01:58","slug":"inec-presents-certificate-of-return-to-president-elect-tinubu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/inec-presents-certificate-of-return-to-president-elect-tinubu","title":{"rendered":"INEC presents certificate of return to President-elect, Tinubu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has presented the Certificate of Return to the President-elect, Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima.<\/p>\n<p>INEC National Chairman, Yakubu Mahmood presented the certificate of return to Tinubu and Shettima in Abuja on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu emerged winner of Saturday\u2019s presidential election after polling the highest votes to defeat his rival of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and Labour Party\u2019s Peter Obi.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has presented the Certificate of Return to the President-elect, Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima. INEC National Chairman, Yakubu Mahmood presented the certificate of return to Tinubu and Shettima in Abuja on Wednesday. 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