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IT'S OFFICIAL: inecnigeria Declares MBuhari Winner Of Nigeria's Presidential Election | Sahara Reporters According to an official declaration by Professor Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) READ MORE via

According to an official declaration by Professor Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission , Buhari polled APC 15,191,847 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party , who polled PDP 11,262,978 votes. Yakubu formally declared Buhari"winner and returned elected" at exactly 4:39am Nigerian time.

The elections were earlier scheduled for February 16, 2019, but had to be postponed by one week by the Independent National Electoral Commission , due to issues with “logistics”.

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