Buhari ahead of GEJ in 18 States results reported

Maj. General Muhammadu Buhari, the
presidential candidate of the All
Progressives Congress has created a
three million vote gap from President
Goodluck Jonathan, his main rival in the
Nigerian elections.III

After votes were tallied by the
Independent Electoral Commission for
16 states and the capital of Abuja,
Buhari polled 8,002,889 votes.
President Jonathan got 4,985,343
votes.

Buhari led in 10 of the 16 states, while
Jonathan led in six, including Abuja,
Ekiti, Anambra, Enugu, Abia, Imo and
Nasarawa states.
According to the official results, Buhari
led Jonathan in Ogun state with 308,290
votes, Kogi 234,855. He also won Osun,
(383,603), Ondo(299,889), Oyo
(528,620), Kano(1,903,999), Jigawa
(885,988), Katsina(1,345,441), Kwara
(302,146), Kaduna(1,127,760).
The APC candidate performed woefully
in the eastern Nigerian states of Enugu
(14,157 votes), Anambra(17,926) and
Abia(13,394). But he managed to a
more appreciable vote in Imo state
under Governor Rochas Okorocha, a
member of his party.

President jonathan’s votes were buoyed
up with votes from these four states,
scoring 368,303 in Abia, 660,762 in
Anambra and 553,003 votes in Enugu
and 559,185 votes in Imo.

President Jonathan also narrowly
snatched the central state of Nasarawa
from Buhari’s APC, winning 273,467
votes. Buhari got, 236,838 votes.
Jonathan also won the capital of Abuja,
narrowly as well, with 157,195 votes to
Buhari’s 146,399 votes.

President Jonathan was thrashed in the
northern states of Kaduna, Jigawa and
Katsina being governed by his party. He
won 98,937 votes in Katsina, 484,085
votes in Kaduna, his best showing in the
north so far, and Jigawa 142, 904 votes.
The INEC deferred the acceptance of the
Akwa Ibom result because of
arithmetical errors.
Other results: Akwa Ibom state: Buhari:
58,411; Jonathan 953,304
Plateau state: Buhari: 429,140;
Jonathan: 549,615
After Akwa Ibom and Plateau votes
added to the two candidates scores,
Buhari has 8,490,440 votes. Jonathan
has 6,488,262 votes. Collation
continues at 10.00 am Nigerian time on
Tuesday.