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Jonathan congratulates incoming president, Buhari

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 •Muhammadu-Buhari President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party has reportedly called General Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress to congratulate him on his victory. Although yet to be formally announced but as at the time of filing this report, Buhari is leading Jonathan by 14,951,378 to 12,827,522. According to a source, the president spoke with Muhammadu Buhari on the phone and will address the country after rounding off his meeting with his cabinet. He also spoke with the National Leader of APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

2015 Presidential Election Results So Far

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TOTAL VOTES States: 26 LGAs: 294 Total votes processed: 9,389,460 Buhari (APC): 6,317,366 Jonathan (PDP): 3,072,094 Total preliminary votes, Buhari (APC): 6,317,366 Jonathan (PDP): 3,072,094 State                           Buhari (APC)       Jonathan (PDP) Adamawa State    28000                     33966 Bauchi State           135588                     7652 Borno State             42612                       3698 Delta State               2457                         89990 Ebonyi State           9319                         159614 Edo State                  78501                      124827 Ekiti State                115791                     176466 Enugu State            1539                         73584 FCT                              68192                     57357 Gombe State           74976                     1076 Imo State                  57756                      193665 Jigawa State            331445                   43872 Kaduna State         929617          

Buhari defeats Jonathan in Kwara

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The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, has defeated the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, President Goodluck Jonathan, in Saturday’s presidential election Kwara State. According to the results from the 16 local government areas of the state collated on Monday morning and anchored by the  state Returning Officer, Prof. Musbau Akanji, Buhari polled 302,146 votes to defeat Jonathan who garnered 132,602 votes. Akanji who is also the Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, said 1,181,032 electorate registered in the state. He added that  489,360 voters were accredited while 461,401  voted. According to him, there were 440,080 valid votes and 21,321 invalid votes. Kwara: Presidential election results: LGAs: 1.      Asa: APC:17,455;  PDP: 7,427. 2.      Edu: APC:24,335;  PDP: 9,262. 3.      Ekiti: APC:4,952;  PDP:4,983. 4.      Isin: APC: 4,658; PDP:4,635. 5.      Patigi LG; APC:16,044;