Fri. Dec 20th, 2024

Breaking: Tinubu Sworn In As 16th President Of Federal Republic of Nigeria

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Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been sworn in as the 16th President and Commander in Chief of The Nigeria Armed Forces Of Nigeria.

President Tinubu at the Eagle Square, Abuja was sworn in after oath of office was administered on him and his Vice, Kashim Shettima by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kayode Ariwoola.

The new president, after being sworn in, was presented with the national and defence flags of Nigeria by the Chief of Defence Staff,General Lucky Irabor.

Tinubu, a former Senator and governor of Lagos State was declared the winner of the February 2023 presidential election by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress polled a total of 8,794,726 votes to defeat his closest rival of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, who polled a total of 6,984,520 votes in the election while Peter Obi of the Labour Party came third in the election with a total of 6,101,533 votes and Rabiu Kwankwaso of the NNPP came fourth with 1,496,687 votes.

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