Atiku Abubakar has emerged winner of the presidential election in Kaduna state despite measures taken by Governor Nasir El-Rufai.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) polled 554,360 ahead of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who secured 399,293 votes.
Labour Party’s Peter Obi scored 294,494 votes and Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) trailed with 92,962 votes.
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The former vice president was also declared the winner of the presidential election in Kebbi State with 285,175 votes.
Tinubu came second as the APC polled 248,088 votes, LP’s Obi was third with 10,682 and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, was fourth with 5,038 votes.
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Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, has emerged as the winner of Saturday’s presidential election in Kebbi State with 285,175 votes, Premium Times reports.
Legit.ng gathered that the state collation officer, Usman Saidu, a professor while presenting the result in Birnin Kebbi, the state capital, said the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, polled 248,088 votes.
Saidu said the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, also scored 10,682 votes while the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, scored 5,038 votes.
He gave the state total registered voters as 1,983,985, the number of accredited voters as 599,201; total votes cast- 591,475; total valid votes-559,522 while 31,953 votes were rejected.