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Middle, TMG Chairman, Comrade Ibrahim M. Zikrullahi,
flanked by the coalition's Coordinating Committee members presents the
coalition's Quick Count Verification Statement, verifying the official results
released by INEC. TMG Nigeria (Photo: www.facebook.com)
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Hundreds of Nigerian civil societies say discrepancies
in election tallies suggest the turnout was inflated in defeated President
Goodluck Jonathan's southern strongholds.
The groups say the differences do not invalidate the
victory of former military dictator Muhammadu Buhari, but should be
investigated before April elections for state governors.
The Transition Monitoring Group's count shows 40.6
percent of voters turned out in Nigeria's south-south zone compared to an
official 55.9 percent.
The region includes populous, oil-rich Rivers state,
which remains under curfew after opposition protests and the bombing of an
electoral commission office following Saturday's bitterly contested election.
The
group of more than 400 civic groups says its count from thousands of monitors
has Buhari winning 59.4 percent of votes to Jonathan's 39.2 percent. Official
results have 53.9 to 45 percent.
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