Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Attahiru Jega, has announced the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari, as the winner of the presidential election.
Buhari defeated the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, President Goodluck Jonathan, to emerge victorious at the polls.
While making the announcement, Jega said “that Muhammadu Buhari, having met the requirements of the law, is now declared the winner of the election.”
The APC candidate got the highest number of votes in 21 states with over 15 million votes while the PDP standard bearer prevailed in 15 states (including the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja) with over 1,2853,162 votes.
Confort Sonaiya of KOWA Party received 13,076 votes.
Consequently, Buhari will take over from incumbent President, Goodluck Jonathan, on May 29.
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