PHOTOS: APC Celebrates Presidential Victory Nationwide As Buhari Wants Jubilation Reduced

supporters to celebrate the victory of Gen. Muhammudu Buhari.
Never before has a governing president lost an election in Nigeria.
Supporters have taken to the streets and houses of key party
members to celebrate the victory. President Goodluck Jonathan
has also called Buhari to congratulate him.
Earlier in the day, asked if the APC was claiming victory over
Jonathan’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). When asked whether
the opposition is winning or not, the APC  spokesman, Alhaji Lai
Mohammed, simply told AFP: “Yes.”
Crowds coming out on to the streets to celebrate opposition
presidential candidate Gen Buhari’s victory in Kano PHOTO: BBC
Jubilation on the streets of Maiduguri
According to Vanguard, supporters numbering 2,000 took over the
APC secretariat Abuja, following the success story of Muhammadu
Buhari in the 2015 presidential election.
The celebrants numbering in thousands danced round the party
secretariat chanting victory songs.
The publication also reports that different dance groups,
traditional drummers, well wishers and party chieftains exchanged
pleasantries for the party’s victory at the polls.
The BBC’s Nkem Ifejika outside the headquarters of Gen Buhari’s
party told the BBC’s Focus on Africa’s radio programme that
“there is music, music, music here, it is so loud with people
celebrating.”
The atmosphere outside Buhari ‘s presidential HQ
Celebration in northern Nigeria
Veteran Nigerian journalist Sola Odunfa has told the BBC’s Focus
on Africa radio programme: “In Lagos here I’m expecting a big
party at the house of APC politician Bolka Tinubu, who was
instrumental in bringing about the coalition that backed Gen
Buhari.”
Buhari supporters trooping to Lobito Crescent in Abuja to
celebrat