article_snippet.sent: in the victory of opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari in last .
article_snippet.sent: at a hospital in the Borno state town of Biu on Monday, a source .
article_snippet.sent: The newly elected president of northern Nigeria, General Muhammadu Buhari, who beat incumbent Goodluck Jonathan in a landslide win last night, has promised to 'stamp out' the insurgency .
article_snippet.sent: In Kano state, where Boko Haram's 'war' on the civilian population has been most prominent, Buhari delivered a crushing defeat to Jonathan, winning 1.9 million votes for Jonathan's 215,800.