Ghana's High Commissioner to Nigeria, Rashid Bawa, says he is not surprised by the results compiled so far by the country's electoral management body.
Earlier, the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), announced results from some states with Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) leading in the Ekiti State.
Reacting to this development on JoyNews' Nigeria Decides, on Sunday, Mr Bawa said with hesitation that, he is not surprised at the present outcome.
"I hardly, would want to talk about it but I'm not too surprised. It's expected. If you look at where the results is coming from", he told host, Emefa Apawu.
"Nigeria is actually divided into geographical zones. We have the North, we have the South-South and we have the South-West. The South-South are largely the Igbo's.
"The South-West are the Youba's. And the North are the Hausa's, the Hausa's Fulani. Now these major tribes have got three leading candidates. Each candidate wherever he's coming from, has his strength", he explained.
Mr Bawa continued, "So when you look at most of the results, if it's the North that is dropping in, you'll realise that the candidate from the North gets most of the votes.
If it's coming from the South-West, which is the Yoruba's, then the candidate who is coming from that particular zone gets most of the votes. So this is how it is".
Collation is presently underway, following the close of polls on Saturday, February 25.
Meanwhile, some aggrieved political parties have expressed their grievances with the conduct of the polls; alleging attempted rigging.
The elections have however been described as peaceful by many pundits and observers, despite isolated incidents of violence at some polling units.
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