Former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu has been sworn in as the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, bringing to an end the eight-year administration of Muhammadu Buhari.
Tinubu, 71, takes office, two months after being declared winner of the keenly contested February 25 presidential election.
With 8,794,726 votes, Tinubu, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), beat his closest rival, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who polled 6,984,520 votes, while Labour Party (LP) candidate Peter Obi, 61, came in third with 6,101,533 ballots.
Tinubu becomes the fifth democratically elected Nigerian President in the fourth Republic.
His predecessors are Muhammadu Buhari (2015-2023), Goodluck Jonathan (2010-2015), Umaru Musa Yar’Adua (2007-2010), and Olusegun Obasanjo (1999-2007).
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