Nigeria election: certified results trickle in

Eager Nigerians are highly anticipating results of Saturday’s polls that were extended to Sunday in the most fiercely contested election in the country’s post-independence history that seems likely to wind down to a tense conclusion.

Results are trickling in amid fears that the polarised electorate would clash regardless of the outcome in a country sharply split along ethnic and sectarian lines.

The election body, Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it expects to announce the final results the presidential poll on Tuesday.

Incumbent Goodluck Jonathan is facing a strong challenge from former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari.

Below are some of the certified results released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

1. Ekiti State

APC: 142,331

PDP: 176,466

 

2. Ogun State

APC: 308,290

PDP: 207,960 

 

3. Enugu

APC: 141,507

PDP: 553,003

 

4. Osun 

APC: 383,609

PDP: 249,929

 

5. Abuja

APC : 146,399

PDP : 157,195

 

6. Oyo

APC: 528,620

PDP: 303,370

 

7. Nasarawa

APC : 236,838

PDP : 273,460

 

8. Kogi

APC: 264,851

PDP: 149,987

 

9. Ondo

APC: 299,889

PDP: 251,368

 

10. Kano

APC: 1,903,999

PDP: 215,779

 

11. Tigawa

APC: 885,988

PDP: 142,908

 

12. Ketsina

APC: 1,345,441

PDP: 98,937

 

13. Kwara

APC: 302,140

PDP: 132,602

 

14. Anambra

APC: 17,926

PDP: 660,762

 

15. Kaduna

APC: 1,127,760

PDP: 484,085

 

16. Akwa Ibom

APC: 58,411

PDP: 953,304

 

17. Imo

APC: 133,253

PDP : 559,185

 

18. Plateau

APC: 429,140

PDP: 549,612