Gloria Ikegbule and Chima Amaechi
The Independent Nigeria Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced Muhammadu Buhari as the winner of the presidential election in Kwara and Nasarawa states.
The All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate recorded 308,184 votes while his opponent Atiku Abubakar of the People Democratic Party recorded 138,184 votes in Kwara State.
In Nasarawa State, Buhari of APC had 289,903 votes and Atiku Abubakar of PDP had 283,847
The announcements were released by INEC at its collation centre in Abuja this afternoon.