Nigeria's Buhari Leads By 2 Million Votes With Three Quarters Of States Counted

Nigeria's Buhari Leads By 2 Million Votes With Three Quarters Of States Counted
KATSINA, NIGERIA - MARCH 28: The main opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Mohammadu Buhari arrives for registration at Gidan Niyam Sakin Yara polling station in Daura district of Katsina, Nigeria on March 28, 2015. Security has been beefed up as hundreds of thousands of voters are expected to vote in the Nigerian general elections after they were delayed for over a month due to Boko Haram. (Photo by Mohammed Elshamy/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
KATSINA, NIGERIA - MARCH 28: The main opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Mohammadu Buhari arrives for registration at Gidan Niyam Sakin Yara polling station in Daura district of Katsina, Nigeria on March 28, 2015. Security has been beefed up as hundreds of thousands of voters are expected to vote in the Nigerian general elections after they were delayed for over a month due to Boko Haram. (Photo by Mohammed Elshamy/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

ABUJA, March 30 (Reuters) - With three quarters of states counted in Nigeria's election, opposition challenger Muhammadu Buhari had 11.5 million votes against President Goodluck Jonathan's 9.5 million, official results collated by Reuters showed. (Reporting by Tim Cocks; Editing by Ed Cropley)

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