Presidential Election: INEC Report Shows Peter Obi Swept South-East With 87% But Had Less Than 7% In Northern Zones

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of Nigeria has published a performance assessment of the four major political parties involved in the presidential election held on February 25, where President Bola Tinubu emerged as the winner.

Earlier reports from SaharaReporters detailed INEC’s explanation for the failure of the result viewing portal (IReV) during the February 2023 presidential election. Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) won the election, followed by Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party and Peter Obi of the Labour Party.

In a comprehensive 526-page post-election report released on the first anniversary of the election, INEC disclosed that before the election, a total of 87,394,106 out of 93,469,008 registered voters nationwide had collected their permanent voters’ cards (PVCs).

The report highlighted the diverse outcome of the election in terms of party representation across executive and legislative positions nationwide. The performance analysis across six geopolitical zones showed varying degrees of success for the APC, PDP, Labour Party (LP), and New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in meeting the required 25% threshold to win states in the presidential election.

Moreover, the report provided a breakdown of PVC collection state by state, indicating varying rates of collection ranging from 82% to 99% of registered voters.

The commission emphasized that out of the 93,469,008 registered voters, 87,209,007, representing 93%, collected their permanent voters’ cards before the election.