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Nigerian opposition leads in presidential election

Xinhua, April 1, 2015 Adjust font size:

Nigeria's main opposition party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) is leading in the 2015 presidential election, according to results so far released by the electoral body.

After the declaration of results from 36 states including capital Abuja, APC candidate Muhammadu Buhari has polled a total of 14,953,378 votes, while incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) recorded 12,827,522 votes.

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman Attahiru Jega has announced that the presentation of the result from Borno State will wait till 8 p.m. Endi