Nigeria Opposition Declares Victory, Says Nation Is 'Witnessing History'

Nigeria Opposition Declares Victory, Says Nation Is 'Witnessing History'
KATSINA, NIGERIA - MARCH 28: The main opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Mohammadu Buhari (C) 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 (C) 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 31 (Reuters) - Nigeria's opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) declared victory in the presidential election on Tuesday, saying Africa's most populous nation was "witnessing history."

"This is the first time in Nigeria that a sitting government will be voted out of power using purely democratic means," APC spokesman Lai Mohammed told Reuters at the house in the capital where party leader Muhammdu Buhari was watching the results come in. "The people of Nigeria have taken over."

He added that the APC had no reason to doubt that President Goodluck Jonathan would concede defeat.

"He said several times that he would relinquish power if he was voted out in a free and fair election," Mohammed said. (Reporting by Alexis Akwagyiram; Writing by Tim Cocks; Editing by Ed Cropley)

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