Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has secured a second four-year term in office, final results from Saturday's national election show
Lagos, Nigeria Buhari, who first came to power in 2015 after defeating then-incumbent Goodluck Jonathan, led his main challenger Atiku Abubakar with 1.7m votes in results announced by the Independent Electoral Commission , in Abuja, Nigeria's capital.Buhari of the All Progressives Congress claimed 15,191,847 while Abubakar received 11,262,978 of votes in the weekend election, according to the commission, which finished counting state-by-state results on Tuesday.
Read MoreNigeria 2019 election coverage Follow our Nigeria election coverage and share your thoughts with us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram At least 39 people were killed in election-related violence, according to the Situation Room, a coalition of more than 70 civic organizations that monitored the elections.
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