Former military dictator defeats Goodluck Jonathan in Nigeria's presidential election

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Former military dictator Muhammadu Buhari has won Nigeria's presidential election, Reuters reported on Tuesday afternoon, defeating current President Goodluck Jonathan by more than two million votes to become leader of Africa's largest democracy.

His win marks the first time in Nigeria's history that an opposition party has democratically taken control of the country from the ruling party.

Jonathan has yet to comment.

"As for the election, we have won it!" Garba Shehu, Buhari's spokesman, said outside the party's headquarters on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. He added, however, a word of caution: "We are not out of the woods yet, we don't know what tricks the government is going to play." Read more...

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