Obasanjo Almost Surely Wins Presidential Election in Nigeria: Official

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Obasanjo Almost Surely Wins Presidential Election in Nigeria: Official

Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo almost surely wins the presidential election in the west African country, said an official from the electoral body Tuesday in Abuja.

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Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo almost surely wins the presidential election in the west African country, said an official from the electoral body Tuesday in Abuja.

Obasanjo has gained over 25 percent of the votes in each of 31 states out of 36 states in the whole country, said the official from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) who refused to be identified.

Meanwhile, according to the latest vote counting result from the INEC on Tuesday morning, Obasanjo, candidate of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP), has gained 21,906,949 votes, or 61.22 percent of the 37,920,213 ballots that have been counted.

Muhammadu Buhari, candidate of the opposition All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP) and Obasanjo's major rival, got 11,698,593 ballots, or 32.69 percent of the counted votes.

Ojukwu Chukwuemeka Odumegwu from the All Progressives Grand Alliance got 1,184,965 votes, or 3.31 percent.

Over 60 million Nigerian voters had registered to cast their ballots across Africa's most populous country for last Saturday's polls to elect the president and state governors.

During the day on April 19, both international and local observers as well as police forces and soldiers were present at the polling scene to safeguard the peaceful and smooth elections.

Some 20 political parties had candidates standing in the presidential race, with Obasanjo and Buhari as the two main contenders.

The INEC has said the election was free and fair in most statesof Nigeria.

Under the Nigerian law, the winner of the presidential electionshall have the highest number of the votes cast at the election and not less than one quarter of all the votes cast in each of at least two thirds of the states in the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria.

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