Buhari re-elected as President of Nigeria, beats Atiku

President Muhammadu Buhari has beaten Atiku Abubakar in a comprehensive victory in the 2019 presidential election, according to the official result announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, officially announced the incumbent the victor in Abuja in the early hours of Wednesday, February 27, 2019, nearly five days after Nigerians trooped to the polls on Saturday, February 23.

Buhari won 15,191,847 of the total votes cast while Atiku gained 11,262,978 votes, an astonishing victory margin of 3,928,869 votes.

The president won in 19 states including Ekiti (219,231), Osun (347,634), Kwara (308,984), Nasarawa (289,903), Kogi (285,894), Gombe (402,961), Yobe (497,914), Niger (612,371), Jigawa (794,738), and Kaduna (993,445).

Other states where he won are Bauchi (798,428), Lagos (580,825), Ogun (281,762), Kano (1,464,768), Katsina (1,232,133), Borno (836,496), Sokoto (490,333), Kebbi (581,552), and Zamfara (438,682).

Atiku won in 18 states including the FCT (259,997), Ondo (275,901), Abia (219,698), Enugu (355,553), Ebonyi (258,573), Anambra (524,738), Oyo (366,690), Adamawa (410,266), Edo (275,691), Benue (275,691).

Other states where he won are Imo (334,923), Plateau (548,665), Taraba (374,743), Cross River (295,737), Akwa-Ibom (395,832), Delta (594,068), Bayelsa (197,933) and Rivers (473,971).

Electoral map of the 2019 presidential campaign. Buhari won in 19 states, while Atiku won in 18 states (including the Federal Capital Territory) Pulse Nigeria

Buhari won his first term victory in 2015 after he beat then-incumbent, Goodluck Jonathan, by 2,571,759 votes as he won 15,424,921 votes over his opponent's 12,853,162 votes.

Atiku has not yet called President Buhari to concede defeat like Jonathan did when he was defeated by the former military Head of State in 2015.

PDP kicks against Buhari's victory

The 2019 election was marred by violence in several parts of the country with incidents of ballot snatching, voter intimidation and other misconducts which led Atiku's Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to reject the results as soon as INEC started the collation and announcement on Monday, February 25.

The PDP chairman, Uche Secondus, addressed the media on Monday to announce that the results announced by INEC were unacceptable to the party and the Nigerian people.

He accused officials in President Buhari's government of colluding with INEC officials to disenfranchise Nigerians and manipulate figures of polling units where the PDP won.

He said the ruling party's strategy has been "murderous, undignified, and disrespectful of the wishes of the electorate".

At another press conference in Abuja on Tuesday, February 26, the Deputy Director General of the party's presidential campaign organisation, Tanimu Turaki (SAN), demanded an immediate halt to the collation of results until data from the smart card reader accreditation at the polling units were made available to all the parties involved in the election.

The party also called on INEC to conduct fresh elections in Yobe, Zamfara, and Borno states due to voting irregularities.

With the party failing to accept the result of the election, it's expected that it would most likely end up at a tribunal and go all the way to the Supreme Court where the president recently suspended its head, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen.

States	APC	PDP	AAC	ANN	YPP	Total valid votes	Total rejected votes	Total votes cast
Abia	85,058	219,698	212	88	720	323,291	21,180	344,471
Adamawa	378,078	410,266	282	162	109	8111,534	49,222	860,756
Akwa Ibom	175,429	395,832	222	95	118	578,775	26,365	605,140
Anambra	33,298	524,738	124	45	4,091	605,734	19,301	635,035
Bauchi	798,428	209,313	183	46	112	1,024,307	37,648	1,061,955
Bayelsa	118,821	197,933	126	37	50	321,767	14,089	335,856
Benue	347,668	356,817	309	201	557	728,912	34,960	763,872
Borno	836,496	71,788	269	29	78	919,786	35,419	955,205
Cross Rivers	117,302	295,737	242	88	217	421,901	24,145	446,046
Delta	221,292	594,068	1,626	320	497	829,762	52,492	882,254
Ebonyi	90,726	258,273	205	683	192	359.131	20,263	379,394
Edo	267,842	275,691	3,106	273	531	560,711	38,517	599,228
Ekiti	219,231	154,032	400	88	68	381,132	12,577	393,709
Enugu	54,423	355,553	219	141	1,379	421,014	30,049	451,063
Gombe	402,961	138,484	165	78	39	554,203	26,446	580,649
Imo	140,463	334,923	467	119	676	511,586	31,191	542,777
Jigawa	794,738	289,895	226	66	67	1,106,244	43,678	1,149,922
Kaduna	993,445	649,612	243	261	196	1,663,603	45,402	1,709,005
Kano	1,464,768	391,593	416	114	200	1,891,134	73,617	1,964,751
Katsina	1,232,133	308,056	186	82	61	1,555,473	63,712	1,619,185
Kebbi	581,552	154,282	276	99	53	756,605	47,150	803,755
Kogi	285,894	218,207	250	89	87	521,016	32,480	553,496
Kwara	308,984	138,184	401	422	140	459,676	26,578	486,254
Lagos	580,825	448,015	8,910	6,946	5,733	1,089,567	67,023	1,156,590
Nasarawa	289,903	283,947	75	45	44	580,778	18,62	599,399
Niger	612,371	218,052	324	145	113	851,937	45,039	896,976
Ogun	281,762	194,655	3,196	1509	553	564,256	41,682	605,938
Ondo	241,769	275,901	4,414	311	1,224	555,994	30,833	586,827
Osun	347, 634	337,377	1,022	268	189	714,682	17,200	731,882
Oyo	365,229	366,690	4,014	1,896	1,608	836,531	54,549	891,080
Plateau	468,555	548,665	268	796	442	1,034,853	28,009	1,062,862
Rivers	150,710	473,971	372	365	415	642,165	24,420	666,585
Sokoto	490,333	361,604	181	124	84	871,891	54,049	925,940
Taraba	324,906	374,743	116	35	80	712,877	28,687	741,564
Yobe	497,914	50,763	137	37	36	559,365	26,772	586,137
Zamfara	438,682	125,423	186	24	44	578,439	18,785	597,224
FCT	152,224	259,997	583	652	1083	423,951	27,457	451,408