Like prairie fire, the news that President Muhammadu Buhari has been re-elected for another term of four years has traveled to the four cardinal points of the world. Therefore, for researchers who may not have the time and patience to sift through the tomes of stories written on the election, here are figures, provided by NAN, that can give you a panoramic view of what happened.
At the end of collation on Tuesday night, President Buhari crossed the 15 million mark in votes scored in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. He polled 15,191,847 votes, winning in 19 out of the 36 states. His main challenger Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party scored 11, 255,978 votes and won 17 states and Abuja. Buhari also satisfied the constitutional requirement of making 25 per cent in 34 states and the FCT.
He, however, missed the cut in Enugu and Anambra.
According to the electoral commission, 29,364,209 votes were cast out of which 27,324,583 were valid while 1,289,607 votes were rejected.
In Summary, below is how Nigerians voted:
