#NigeriaDecides2019: ‘4 years is a short time, now hit the ground running’ – Joke Silva tells Buhari as INEC declares him Winner
Veteran Nollywood actress, Joke Silva has reacted as the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, President Muhammadu Buhari as the winner of Nigeria’s 2019 presidential election.
INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu made the declaration on Wednesday morning at the INEC Collation center in Abuja.
Yakubu added that Buhari and Osinbajo will be presented their certificates of return at 2 pm later today.
This is after the official announcement of results from 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
Buhari has 15,191,847 votes, compared to the 11,262,978 votes recorded by Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
A total of 73 presidential candidates participated in the election which held on Saturday.
Sharing photos of the President, his vice, national chairman of APC Adams Oshiomole, and APC national leader Bola Tinubu, she wrote:
‘Congratulations. Well done. League of Extraordinary gentlemen. Now hit the ground running. Consolidate. 4years is a short time. Power needs to be sorted, without it we are going nowhere fast. Apapa port. soo much. God be with you, guide you, give you wisdom’.
Her post below: