Prominent Islamic scholar, Mufti Ismail Menk, has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari over his re-election.
His congratulatory message was sent through his twitter handle.
He tweeted: “Congratulations @MBuhari. Upon your reelection! May the Almighty protect you, continue to bless you & guide you to the best decisions. May peace & prosperity prevail. Aameen #Nigeria #Alhamdulillah”
Congratulations @MBuhari upon your reelection! May the Almighty protect you, continue to bless you & guide you to the best decisions. May peace & prosperity prevail. Aameen #Nigeria #Alhamdulillah pic.twitter.com/b5MlZ33zky
— Mufti Ismail Menk (@muftimenk) February 27, 2019
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) decaled President Muhammadu Buhari, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the 2019 presidential election, held on Saturday Feb. 23.
Buhari was declared re-elected having polled 15,191,847 votes, winning in 19 states, to defeat other 72 candidates including Atiku Abubakar, the Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 11, 255,978 votes and won 17 states and the FCT, to occupied the second position.
The Chief Retuning Officer and INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu announcing the result at the national collation centre on Wednesday morning, said that Buhari was declared re-elected, haven met the constitution requirements.
Yakubu said that the registered voters was 82,344, 107, accredited voters was 29,364,209, total votes cast was 28,614,190, total valid votes was 27,324,583 and rejected votes was 1,289,607.
“That Muhammadu Buhari having satisfied the requirement of the law and scored the highest votes is hereby declared the winner,” Yakubu said.
