Nigeria’s incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari is leading with over 280,000 votes in results of 12 states announced at the national collation center of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
While Buhari running under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has secured 2,976,721 votes, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) got 2,690,616 votes.
Buhari has won seven of the 12 states while Atiku has won in five, with 71 other presidential candidates coming far behind.
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