President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has defeated his main challenger in Nigeria’s 2019 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State. [ads]

INEC Returning Officer Professor Toyin Ogundipe announced Buhari as the winner of the February 23rd election in the southwest state.

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Buhari polled 347,674 votes while Atiku scored 337,377 votes, with the APC candidate leading with a margin of 10,297.

According to Ogundipe, Buhari won 18 of the 30 local government areas in the state while Atiku won 12.