Photos:: Nigeria election

Nigerian president-elect Muhammadu Buhari makes a speech in Abuja, Nigeria, on Wednesday.  (STR / EPA)

Hundreds of Nigerians celebrate at an intersection in Kaduna, Nigeria.  (NICHOLE SOBECKI / AFP/Getty Images)

Supporters of opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari’s All Progressives Congress party celebrate what they said was a senatorial win in the district of APC candidate Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso in Kano, Nigeria.  (Ben Curtis / Associated Press)

Partial results of the Nigerian presidential election are released by the Independent National Electoral Commission in Lagos, Nigeria, indicating that the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate is ahead.  (Pius Utomi Ekpei / AFP/Getty Images)

Independent National Electoral Commission Chairman Attahiru Jega, left, and other officials view election results in Abuja, Nigeria.  (Sunday Alamba / Associated Press)

Women line up to cast their votes in the harsh midday sun at a polling station in Daura, the home town of opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari, in northern Nigeria.  (Ben Curtis / Associated Press)