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•Jubilation in Lagos, Kano, Ibadan, Uyo, Ilorin, others •What the victory means, by Tambuwal, Amaechi, others •IBB, Abdulsalami, Atiku, Anyaoku hail outcome MORE ON •Obasanjo sets agenda for president-elect •AND PAGES 5,7&58
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VOL. 10, NO. 3171 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2015
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TR UTH IN DEFENCE OF FREEDOM TRUTH WINNERS ALL
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Winners and losers •SEE PAGES 4&5
•Odigie-Oyegun •Tinubu
•Abdulsalami
•Jega
•Amaechi
•Kerry
•12 GREAT PAGES OF STORIES AND PHOTOGRAPHS ON BUHARI’S VICTORY BEGIN ON PAGE 2
Buhari...the president-elect •SEE PAGE 6
Jonathan telephones winner at 5:15pm to say congrats
•VICT OR Y SMILES: Gen. Buhari •VICTOR ORY
thank all Nigerians once again for the ‘Igreat opportunity I was given to lead this country and assure you that I will continue to do my best at the helm of national affairs until the end of my tenure
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•Dr. Jonathan
THE FINAL SCORES STATE APC PDP •Abia 13,394 368,303 •Adamawa 374,701 251,664 •A/Ibom 58,411 953,304 •Anambra 17,926 660,762 •Bauchi 931,598 86,085 •Bayelsa 5,194 361,209 •Benue 373,961 303,737 •Borno 473,543 25,640 •C/River 28,368 414,863 •Delta 48,910 ,211,405 •Ebonyi 19,518 323,658 •Edo 208,469 286,869 •Ekiti 120,331 176,466 •Enugu 14,157 553,003 •Gombe 361,245 96,873 •Imo 133,253 559,185 •Jigawa 885,988 142,904 •Kaduna 1,127,760 484,085 •Kano 1,903,999 215,779 •Katsina 1,345,441 98,937 •Kebbi 567,833 100,972 •Kogi 264,851 149,987 •Kwara 302,146 132,602 •Lagos 792,460 632,327 •Nasarawa 236,838 273,460 •Niger 657,678 149,222 •Ogun 308,290 207,950 •Ondo 299,889 251,368 •Osun 383,603 249,929 •Oyo 528,620 303,376 •Plateau 429,140 549,615 •Rivers 69,238 1,487,075 •Sokoto 671,926 152,199 •Taraba 261,326 310,800 25,526 •Yobe 446,265 •Zamfara 612,202 144,833 •FCT 146,399 157,195 Total 15,424,921 12,853,162 Total No. of votes 28,288,083