Amidst expectations, the presidential election was actually a three-horse race even as there were surprises with states which should have won their traditional strongholds being left with mouths agape as the results were being announced by the electoral umpire, the Independent National electoral Commission (INEC).
While some observers claimed that they had seen it coming, given, according to them, early signals to that effect, others said they were taken aback by the manner Nasarawa-west senatorial district was taken away by someone without a giant personality profile who had run on the platform of the Social democratic Party (SDP).
