Muhammadu Buhari Wins 2015 Presidential Elections!

Nigeria has spoken.

After almost 48 hours of awaiting the final results of the presidential elections, here we are. APC’s Muhammadu Buhari has won the 2015 presidential elections!

Adebola Williams, co-founder of RED Media Africa, tweeted the following confirming the news:

#NigeriaDecided @ 5:15 today @ThisIsBuhari received the #GoldenCall & he responded, “Thank You Mr President” pic.twitter.com/FV2rgGdwEp

— Adebola Williams (@DebolaLagos) March 31, 2015

It was a really close race between PDP candidate, President Goodluck Jonathan and Buhari. Here are the results broken down by state:

Ekiti: APC – 120,331 | PDP – 176,466

Ogun: APC – 308,290 | PDP – 207,950

Enugu: APC – 14,157 | PDP – 553,003

Kogi: APC – 264,851 | PDP – 149,987

Osun: APC – 383,603 | PDP – 249,929

Ondo: APC – 299,889 | PDP – 251,368

FCT: APC – 146,399 | PDP – 157,195

Oyo: APC – 528,620 | PDP – 303,376

Nasarawa: APC – 236, 838 | PDP – 273, 460

Enugu: APC – 14,157| PDP – 553,003

Kano: APC – 1,903,999 | PDP – 215,779

Jigawa: APC – 885,988 | PDP – 142,904

Katsina: APC – 1,345,441 | PDP – 98,937

Kwara: APC – 302, 146 | PDP – 132, 602

Kaduna: APC – 1,127,760 | PDP – 484,085

Anambra: PDP – 660,762 | APC – 17,926

Abia: PDP – 368,303 | APC – 13,394

Akwa Ibom: PDP – 953,304 | APC – 58,411

Imo: PDP – 559,185 | APC – 133,253

Plateau: PDP – 549,615 | APC – 429,140

Ebonyi: APC – 19,518 | PDP – 323,653

Niger: APC – 657,678 | PDP – 149,222

Lagos: APC – 792,460 | PDP – 632,327

Bayelsa: APC – 5,194 | PDP – 361,209

Gombe: APC – 361,245 | PDP – 96,873

Cross River: APC – 28,368 | PDP – 414,863

Rivers: APC – 69,238 | PDP – 1,487, 075

Adamawa: APC – 374,701 | PDP – 251,664

Zamfara: APC – 612,202 | PDP – 144, 833

Kebbi: APC – 567,883 | PDP – 100,972

Benue: APC – 373,961 | PDP – 303,737

Bauchi: APC – 931,598 | PDP – 86,085

Yobe: APC – 446, 265 | PDP – 25,526

Edo: APC – 208,469 | PDP – 286,869

Taraba: APC – 261,326 | PDP – 310,800

Sokoto: APC – 671,926 | PDP – 152,199

Delta: APC – 48,910 | PDP – 1,211,405

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BellaNaijarians, how do you feel about the results? Buhari is the next president of Nigeria!

Photo Credit: BBC