Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has been re-elected for
a second four-year term, final results from Saturday's general election show.
Buhari, of the ruling All Progressives Congress party,
secured 15.1m votes in the February 23 polls, Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), said.
His main opponent, former vice president Atiku Abubakar of
the People's Democratic Party (PDP), received 11.2, votes.
"Muhammadu Buhari ... is hereby declared winner,"
Yakubu said.
Hours before the official result was announced, the PDP
alleged electoral malpractices, including vote-rigging, in the polls, which
were delayed by a week at the 11th hour.
Voting was marked by hours-long delays and deadly violence
that observers said kept some people away from the polls.
Mr Abubakar's People's Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected
the result.
Delays and violence marred the run-up to the poll but no
independent observer has cited electoral fraud.
Mr Buhari's All Progressives Congress (APC) won in 19 of
the 36 states while the PDP was victorious in 17 states and in the capital,
Abuja, according to the electoral commission (Inec).
Turnout was just below 35% of registered voters.
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