Muhammadu Buhari Officially Declared Nigeria’s President – Elect, Wins By 2.57 Million Votes

by Musa Abdullahi

The Independent National Election Commission (INEC) declared All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Muhammadu Buhari president-elect of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

President-elect Muhammadu Buhari’s All Progressives Congress won the 2015 Nigeria presidential elections by a comfortable margin of 2, 571, 759 votes after securing a total of 15,424,921 against Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) 12,853,162 votes.

The announcement by INEC Chairman Attahiru Jega was met with jubilation from many in the streets of Abuja and Lagos, many of whom sensed president-elect Buhari’s impending victory in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

International election monitors lauded Nigeria’s 2015 presidential elections as free and fair. The European Union Election Monitoring Commission and African Union announced yesterday that Nigeria’s election satisfied regional and international standards.

President-elect Buhari is set to be sworn in on May 29th, 2015.