Results from 18 states and the Federal
Capital Territory so far released by the Independent National Electoral
Commission on Monday showed the All Progressives Congress Presidential
candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari coasting to victory.
He polled 8,520,436 votes in the states
and the FCT while his Peoples Democratic Party counterpart and incumbent
President Goodluck Jonathan had 6,488,210 votes.
The Daura, Katsina State-born former Head of State won 10 of the states and Jonathan, eight plus the FCT.
The states cleared by Buhari are Kaduna, Kwara, Katsina, Kano, Jigawa, Oyo, Ondo, Osun, Kogi and Ogun.
Jonathan captured Abia, Anambra, Nasarawa, Enugu, Ekiti, Akwa Ibom, Imo, Plateau and FCT.
In the South-West states, Buhari won
in Oyo, Ondo, Osun, Ogun but lost in Ekiti where he garnered 120,331
votes. Jonathan polled 176,466 votes in the PDP-controlled state.
Buhari polled 299,889 votes in Ondo,
308,290 in Ogun, 528, 620 in Oyo and 383,603 in Osun while Jonathan
had 251,368; 207,950; 303,376; 249,929 respectively.