BREAKING: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, former military dictator, declared winner of second term in Africa's largest democracy.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has been declared the winner of a troubled election in Africa’s most populous country.
With results from all of Nigeria’s 36 states announced, Buhari leads top opposition challenger Atiku Abubakar by 3.9 million votes. The statement says the party chairman has asked the electoral commission chairman to halt the results process. With more than half of Nigeria’s 36 states announced, Buhari leads by nearly 3.5 million votes.
In official results, Buhari is leading by more than 1.8 million votes as Nigeria’s electoral commission has announced more than half of the states in Africa’s largest democracy. For the presidency, a candidate must win a majority of overall votes as well as at least 25 percent of the vote in two-thirds of Nigeria’s 36 states. If that is not achieved, a runoff is held.A Nigerian analysis unit says the death toll has risen to 53 in violence related to Saturday’s presidential election.
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