Celebration: Maiduguri Residents Jubilate Over Buhari’s Re-Election - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 27, 2019
Hundreds of jubilant youths took to the streets ofMaiduguri, the Borno state capital, to celebrate the re-election of PresidentMuhammadu Buhari in the Feb. 23 presidential election.
The youths on Wednesday defied the prevailing curfewin the metropolis and trooped to the streets, beating drums and singing partysolidarity songs to celebrate the victory of Buhari in the election.
They said they keenly watched the announcement ofthe presidential election result by the Chairman of the Independent National ElectoralCommission INEC, Mahmood Yakubu, saying that as soon as the result wasannounced at 4.37am on Wednesday, they became fulfilled.
The INEC boss declared Buhari re-elected, havingpolled 15,191,847 votes, winning in 19 states, to defeat other 72 candidates,including Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP whoscored 11,255,978 votes and won 17 states and the FCT.