The result of the presidential election so far released shows that the country is divided along religious lines - the fundamentalists and the more secular. The fundamental Islamic sharia northwest and northeast voted for their Imam in chief Muhammed Buhari while the rest of other more secular north central, southwest, southeast and southsouth areas of Nigeria voted for President Goodluck Jonathan. So far President Jonathan has won 23 states and the Federal Capital Territory Abuja, which encompasses four of the six geographical zones of the country; pulling in a total of 21,671,316 votes while Buhari won in 11 states, comprising two geographical zones and pulling in a total of 11,081,731 votes. As Icheoku and the rest of the world, especially Nigerians await the final official declaration by INEC of the winner, our prayers is that Imam Muhammadu Buhari will not hesitate or delay in congratulating President Jonathan and giving his concession speech forthwith. That way, the country can begin to heal immediately with a view to moving forward with solving the numerous challenges bedevilling it.
Lastly, when all is said and done, one thing out of this election is that the North no longer speaks with one voice as the north-central, the former Middle Belt, has awoken and now seek their fortune independent of the core north. Moreso the core north might become the new minority in Nigeria politics. Way to go middle belters! Here below is the tabulated results so far got with Zamfara and taraba States still outstanding, and it is likely they will be divided evenly with Buhari winning Zamfara and Jonathan Taraba.
ABIA Goodluck 1,175,954 Buhari 3,608 ======= Goodluck
AKWA IBOM Goodluck 1,165,629 Buhari 5,348 ======= Goodluck
ADAMAWA Goodluck 508,314 Buhari 344,526 ========= Goodluck
ANAMBRA Goodluck 1,145,169 Buhari 4,223 ======== Goodluck
BAYELSA Goodluck 504,811 Buhari 691 === ===== Goodluck
BAUCHI Goodluck 258,404 Buhari 1,315,209 ========= Buhari
BENUE Goodluck 694,776 Buhari 109,680 ======= Goodluck
BORNO Goodluck 207,075 Buhari 909,763 ====== = Buhari
CROSS RIVER Goodluck 709,382 Buhari 4,002======== Goodluck
DELTA Goodluck 1,378,851 Buhari 8,960======== Goodluck
GOMBE Goodluck 290,347 Buhari 459,898 ======= Buhari
EBONYI Goodluck 480,592 Buhari 1,025======== Goodluck
EDO Goodluck 542,173 Buhari 17,795======== Goodluck
EKITI Goodluck 135,009 Buhari NA======= Goodluck
ENUGU Goodluck 802,144 Buhari 3,753======= Goodluck
JIGAWA Goodluck 419,252 Buhari 663,994====== Buhari
IMO Goodluck 1,381,357 Buhari 7,591====== Goodluck
KADUNA Goodluck 1,190,179 Buhari 1,334,244====== Buhari
KANO Goodluck 440, 666 Buhari 1,624,354 === Buhari
KATSINA Goodluck 282,477 Buhari 864,343===== Buhari
KEBBI Goodluck 369,198 Buhari 501,453===== Buhari
KOGI Goodluck 399,816 Buhari 132, 201===== Goodluck
KWARA Goodluck 268,243 Buhari 83,603 == Goodluck
LAGOS Goodluck 1,281,688 Buhari 189,983 == Goodluck
NASARAWA Goodluck 408,997 Buhari 278,390====== Goodluck
NIGER Goodluck 340,014 Buhari 713,303====== Buhari
OGUN Goodluck 303,000 Buhari 17,000 === Goodluck
ONDO Goodluck 387,376 Buhari 11,890====== Goodluck
OSUN Goodluck 188,409 Buhari 6,997 ==== Goodluck
OYO Goodluck 484,758 Buhari 92,396 === Goodluck
PLATEAU Goodluck 1,029,865 Buhari 356,551 ===== Goodluck
RIVERS Goodluck 1,817,762 Buhari 13,182 ====== Goodluck
SOKOTO Goodluck 309,057 Buhari 540,769 ====== Buhari
YOBE Goodluck 117,128 Buhari 337,537 ====== Buhari
FCT Goodluck 253,444 Buhari 131,576 ====== Goodluck
TOTAL = Goodluck = 21, 671,316 Buhari = 11,081,738
(23 states +FCT) (10 Sharia states + 1)
Zamfara and Taraba are still being awaited.
Jonathan Cruises to Victory, Reaches out to Opponents
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Prof. Attahiru Jega, INEC Chairman
By Chuks Okocha and Ike Abonyi in Abuja
Dr. Goodluck Jonathan is the president-elect only awaiting official confirmation from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Monday, going by the results that were announced Sunday by the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
In total, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) polled 22,496,157; Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) 12,214,529; All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) 917,365; and Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) 2,088,791. The total valid votes are 37,716,842 out of 73 million registered voters, representing about 50 per cent voter turn-out.
Jonathan polled 59.64 per cent of the votes cast; Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (CPC) 32.38 per cent; Mallam Nuhu Ribadu (ACN) 5.54; and Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau (ANPP) 2.43 per cent. The law requires a simple majority or 51 per cent.
Jonathan won in 23 states, including 16 out of the 17 Southern states and seven Northern states — Kwara, Kogi, Nasarawa, Benue, Plateau, Adamawa and Taraba – and FCT.
He also scored 25 per cent or more in 32 states and FCT, surpassing the constitutional requirement of at least a quarter of the votes cast in at least 24 states. The spread is national.
However, in Bauchi, Borno, Kano and Yobe, Jonathan did not meet the 25 per cent requirement.
The CPC candidate, Buhari, won in 12 states — all in the North.
The states are Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara, Borno, Yobe, Bauchi, Gombe, Niger and Jigawa, Kebbi and Sokoto. He met the 25 per cent requirement in 12 states, with Nasarawa and Taraba being the additional states even though he was not the winner there.
However, he scored less than 25 per cent in 24 states, including all Southern states and four Northern states – Kogi, Kwara, Benue and Plateau.
The candidate of the ACN, Ribadu, won in only one state, Osun, while that of the ANPP, Shekarau, did not win in any state. In fact, Shekarau did not meet the 25 per cent requirement in any state.