Buhari on course to win Nigeria election

Opposition leader Muhammadu Buhari, a former general who first came to power three decades ago in a military coup, looks set to win Nigeria’s presidential election, unseating the incumbent Goodluck Jonathan
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Partial result*

42.84% 11.46 million votes Goodluck Jonathan

Muhammadu Buhari 53.18%  14.23 million votes

STATES WON

BENIN

Kebbi

Katsina

Niger

FCT

Nasarawa

Kogi

Kaduna

Zamfara

Sokoto

Oyo

Ogun

Kwara

Osun

Ekiti

Edo

Ondo

Lagos

Anambra

Bayelsa

GULF OF GUINEA

Rivers

Delta

Imo

Abia

Akwa Ibom

Enugu

Cross River

Ebonyi

Benue

NIGER

Jigawa

Kano

Bauchi

Plateau

Taraba

Yobe

Borno

CHAD

Gombe

Adamawa

CAMEROON
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FCT = Federal

Capital Territory

250km 150 miles

Goodluck Jonathan People’s Democratic Party (PDP)

Muhammadu Buhari All Progressives Congress (APC)

Result pending

*34 out of 37 states
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Sources: INEC Nigeria, wire agencies

Pictures: Associated Press

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