According to classified reports, The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is so far in an early lead in the 2015 presidential polls --- and we learnt that The PDP candidate, President Goodluck Jonathan is winning by a landslide.
The Presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Muhammadu Buhari may be losing in so many states after all as the unofficial results coming in suggests that he has failed to pull up to 25% of the votes in all of the following states:
1. Imo
2. Abia
3. Anambra
4. Ebonyi
5. Rivers
6. Bayelsa
7. Delta
8. Benue
9. Enugu
10. Cross Rivers
11. Akwa Ibom
12. Edo.
According to the Nigeria law guiding the electoral outcomes, the candidate with the most votes is declared the winner in the first round, as long as he gains at least 25% of the votes in two-thirds of Nigeria’s 36 states ... If Buhari fails to make 25% in 2 more states, even if he secures the highest votes, he cannot win the election.
The ruling PDP is leading in Plateau, Taraba, Lagos, Ekiti, and Ondo states.
Radio Nigeria, also reported that the incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan is leading in 22 States.