British Prime Minister congratulates Tinubu on election victory

British Prime Minister congratulates Tinubu on election victory

British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak has congratulated the newly elected President of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his election victory.

Tinubu, who is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC was declared the winner of the election in the early hours of Wednesday.

That Tinubu Bola Ahmed of the (APC), having satisfied the requirement of the law, is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected,” Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman declared in an announcement at the National collation center on Abuja.

Tinubu, 70, came out tops in 12 of Nigeria’s 36 states, and secured significant numbers in several other states to claim the highest number of votes — 8,794,726, almost two million votes more than his closest challenger — former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Shunak in a tweet on Wednesday
congratulated Tinubu while looking forward to a more robust relationship between the two countries.

Congratulations to @officialABAT on his victory in Nigeria.

The UK-Nigeria relationship remains strong. I look forward to working together to grow our security and trade ties, opening up opportunities for businesses and creating prosperity in both our countries.

— Rishi Sunak (@RishiSunak) March 1, 2023

Tinubu, the former Governor of Lagos State has also been presented with a certificate of return by the INEC Chairman after his victory at the poll. He will be sworn on May 29, 2023