Nigeria got close to getting the winner of the Presidential election held on Saturday 23,February 2019 on Tuesday.
At about 12.20 am, the last state, Rivers Returning Officer submitted the report.
The Independent National Electoral Commission National Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu adjourned till 3am before the last bit of announcing the winner.
But President Muhammadu Buhari is on the threshold of history as he looked set to win a second term by INEC polling over 15 million votes to trounce his closest challenger and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar who scored 11.2 million votes.
Here is how the result stood as at 12.20am when curtain was drawn on the 2019 Presidential election.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULT BY STATES
| S /N | STATES | APC | PDP |
| 1 | EKITI | 219,231 | 154,032 |
| 2 | OSUN | 347,634 | 337,377 |
| 3 | FCT | 152,224 | 259,997 |
| 4 | NASARAWA | 289,903 | 283,847 |
| 5 | KWARA | 308,984 | 138,184 |
| 6 | KOGI | 285,894 | 218,207 |
| 7 | GOMBE | 402,961 | 138,484 |
| 8 | ONDO | 241,769 | 275,901 |
| 9 | ABIA | 85,058 | 219,698 |
| 10 | YOBE | 497,914 | 50,763 |
| 11 | ENUGU | 54,423 | 355,553 |
| 12 | EBONYI | 90,726 | 258,573 |
| 13 | NIGER | 612,371 | 218,052 |
| 14 | JIGAWA | 794,738 | 289,895 |
| 15 | KADUNA | 993,445 | 649,612 |
| 16 | ANAMBRA | 33,298 | 524,738 |
| 17 | OYO | 365,229 | 366,690 |
| 18 | ADAMAWA | 378,078 | 410,266 |
| 19 | BAUCHI | 798,428 | 209,313 |
| 20 | LAGOS | 580,825 | 448,015 |
| 21 | OGUN | 281,762 | 194,655 |
| 22 | EDO | 267,842 | 275,691 |
| 23 | BENUE | 347,668 | 356,817 |
| 24 | IMO | 140,463 | 334,923 |
| 25 | PLATEAU | 468,555 | 548,665 |
| 26 | KANO | 1,464,768 | 391,593 |
| 27 | KASTINA | 1,232,133 | 308,056 |
| 28 | TARABA | 324,906 | 374,743 |
| 29 | CROSS RIVER | 117,302 | 295,737 |
| 30 | AKWA IBOM | 175,429 | 395,832 |
| 31 | BORNO | 836,496 | 71,788 |
| 32 | DELTA | 221,292 | 594,068 |
| 33 | BAYELSA | 118,821 | 197,933 |
| 34 | SOKOTO | 490,333 | 361,604 |
| 35 | KEBBI | 581,552 | 154,282 |
| 36 | ZAMFARA | 438,682 | 125,423 |
| 37 | RIVERS | 150,710 | 473,971 |
| TOTAL | 15,191,847 | 11,262,978 |