Breaking: Buhari defeats Atiku to win re-election

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has won his re-election after defeating the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate, Atiku Abubakar in Saturday’s presidential election held across the nation.

In the result of the poll in each State announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Abuja, Buhari polled 15,191,847 votes to beat Atiku, who scored 11,262,978 votes.

Buhari defeated Atiku with a wide margin of 3,928,869 to ensure that he remains Nigeria’s President in the next four years.

Buhari’s victory came in 19 States where he won election, while Atiku won in 17 States and the Federal Capital Territory.

Buhari won in Ekiti, Osun, Kwara, Nasarawa, Kogi, Gombe, Yobe, Jigawa, Niger, Kaduna, Bauchi, Lagos, Ogun, Kano, Katsina, Borno, Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara.

Atiku won in FCT, Ondo, Abia, Enugu, Ebonyi, Anambra, Oyo, Edo, Benue, Imo, Plateau, Taraba, Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers and Adamawa.