The zones include the two largest ones – North West and South West. Buhari also polled more votes than his arch-rival and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), President Goodluck Jonathan, in North East zone.
The incumbent president clinched the South South and the South East. Both candidates have shared the spoils in in North Central zone with Buhari winning in Kogi, Kwara and Niger states while Jonathan cornered Nasarawa, Plateau and Benue.
From results trickling in from the collation centres, the former military head of state has emerged the preferred choice of the people in the presidential election. See the full details below:
“There is no doubt the race has been won and lost and that Gen Buhari has won,” a source at the INEC office confided in LEADERSHIP.
“Clearly, it is three zones to two; and after winning North West which has Kano and South West with Lagos, the two most populated states and zones, nothing can stop him.”
Jonathan lost vital polling units, including the one at the seat of power where he resides, Aso Villa, Abuja.
Many of his cabinet members, including the minister of education, Ibrahim Shekarau; his Federal Capital Territory (FCT) counterpart, Bala Mohammed, and the minister of state (II) for foreign affairs, Musliu Obanikoro posted dismal results in their home units.
The Independent National Electoral Commission is yet to announce the results. Nigerians are waiting.
