The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced President Muhammadu Buhari as the winner of the 2019 presidential election in Nigeria.

He polled 15,191,847m votes to defeat his major opponent, former Vice-President Alhaji Abubakar Atiku who scored 11,262,978 votes, leaving a difference of almost 4 million votes.

Buhari led 19 states while Atiku won in 17 states but both fulfilled the constitutional requirements of having 25% in at least two third of the 36 states and Federal Capital Territory.