Boko Haram-hit Borno seals fate of Nigeria's Jonathan

[WorldNews]

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Borno state in northeast Nigeria, worst-hit by six years of Boko Haram violence, voted overwhelmingly in favour of opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari, results showed on Tuesday. The former military ruler, who has accused President Goodluck Jonathan of failing to provide leadership in the insurgency, won 473,543 ballots in the state, or 94 percent of the valid votes cast. Polling stations were eventually set up in and around camps for the displaced, notably in the state capital, Maiduguri. In Yobe, Jonathan polled 446,265 votes -- 94.2 percent of the total valid votes -- and in Adamawa 374,701 or the 58.9 percent of the ballots.

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