Wide jubilation in Awka, Anambra State greeted the much-awaited declaration of Goodluck Ebele Jonathan as the winner of the Saturday’s Presidential election.
Making the declaration in Abuja yesterday, the Returning Officer for the Federation who is also the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega announced that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Jonathan polled 22,495,187 votes to defeat his closest rival, the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) candidate, General Muhammodu Buhari who polled a total of 12,214,853 votes.
The INEC boss further announced that Jonathan had obtained the required 25% votes in 31 States against Buhari’s 25% votes in 16 States.
He thanked all those who worked closely with INEC to ensure the success of the election.
“We have done our best to satisfy the aspirations of Nigerians for free, fair and credible elections,” said Jega after the declaration.
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