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Jonathan finally declared winner
of 2011 presidential elections
Newsdiaryonline Mon April 18,2011
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Professor Attahiru Jega, the presidential
returning officer and INEC chairman has declared President
Goodluck Jonathan as the winner of the 2011 presidential
elections.Jonathan defeated General Muhammadu Buhari of the CPC
, Nuhu Ribadu of ACN and Governor Ibrahim Shekarau of ANPP
among other contestants.
Jonathan goes into the history books as the
first democratically elected president of Nigeria from a
minority ethnic group in Nigeria.He is Ijaw from Bayelsa
state in the oil producing.
Hitherto only Ibo (Nnamdi Azikiwe),
Hausa/Fulani(Shehu Shagari) and Yorubas(Olusegun Obasanjo; MKO
Abiola whose election was annulled in 1993) majority
ethnic groups have produced civilian presidents in Nigeria.
FINAL TALLY:2011 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Mon April 18,2011
PDP=22,495,187
CPC=12,214,853
ACN=2,790,151
ANPP=917012
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