President Goodluck Jonathan has called his rival, Muhammadu Buhari, to concede the election, a Buhari adviser and other officials said, after election results on Tuesday showed Buhari with an insurmountable lead.
The Independent National Electoral Commission had not announced a winner as of Tuesday evening, though with only one state's results remaining, Buhari led Jonathan by nearly 2 million votes.
The result marks the first time in Nigeria's history that an incumbent president was ousted at the ballot box and also heralds the end of a 16-year rule of Jonathan's Peoples Democratic Party.
African orbit has just received most current details of the March 28 Elections and we Project Buhari As President-Elect. All things being equal , Buhari is projected as the president-Elect of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Our projection is based on actual results.
3/31/2015
Gen Buhari: 14.2m votes;
Passed 25% threshold in 24 states
Mr Jonathan: 11.4m votes;
Passed 25% threshold in 24 states
Results from 33 states + Abuja
Candidates needs 25% in 24 states for first-round victory
March 30/ 2015
