Jonathan congratulates president-elect

Maj.Gen, Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) is the President-elect. And this is official.

The Independent National Electoral Commission declared him winner of the 2015 presidential election at exactly…on Tuesday after two days of collation of the results from states in Abuja.

He polled 15,424,921 to defeat incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan, who scored 12,853,162 votes.

As of Monday when INEC began the collation and announcement of the results at the National Collation Centre for the President Election located at the International Conference Centre, in Abuja, Buhari had won 10 states with 8,520, 436 votes. Jonathan recorded victory in eight states and the Federal Capital Territory with 6,488,210 votes.

When the collation resumed and progressed on Tuesday, signs that the Katsina State-born former Head of State, who had previously taken a shot at the Presidency thrice, would win the election became clearer.

Buhari had contested presidential elections in 2003, 2007 and 2011, but lost to the Peoples Democratic Party candidates (Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Yar’Adua and Jonathan).

Before Jega drew the curtains on the exercise, Jonathan called Buhari on the telephone to congratulate him.

According to the result announced by INEC, Buhari won five out of the six states in the South-West while Jonathan emerged victorious in one.

At the end of the exercise on Wednesday morning, Buhari won 21 states and Jonathan 15 plus the FCT.