Buhari Declared the official Winner Of Nigeria Presdiential Election 2015

 

 

The Chairman of the independent Electoral Commission, INEC , Prof Attahiru Jega earlier today being 1st April 2015 declared retired General Mahummadu Buhari of the All Progressive Congress (APC) the winner of the 2015 Nigeria Presidential Election,

According to the commission, the All Progressive Congress (APC) polled a total of 15,424,921 to defeat the ruling party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who only got 12, 853,162 votes.


Announcing the results, Chairman of the commission, Prof Attahiru Jega noted that there were a total of 31,746,490 accredited voters.
According to him, the total number of votes cast on the Election day stood at 29,432,083, out of which 844,519 votes were rejected and another 28,587,564 voted considered valid.

This is a Historic Victory in Nigeria as the PDP has handled the presidential position for 16yrs, and also winning the incumbent president, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is a hard knock.