With 466,272 votes, Peter Obi of Nigeria’s opposition Labour Party has won the central state of Plateau.
According to official results, the state, which lies at the crossroads of the country’s predominantly Muslim north and predominantly Christian south, had more than one million registered voters.
APC candidate Bola Tinubu got 307,195 votes with Atiku Abubakar of the opposition PDP coming third with 243,808.