President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC)
has won the Feb. 23 election held in Kaduna state with 993,482 votes.
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| Muhammadu Buhari |
Prof. Bello Shehu, the Returning Officer of the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) announced the result on Monday in Kaduna.
Shehu said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abubakar, scored 613,318 votes in the poll.
He said the APC won in 14 local government areas of the state, while the PDP won in nine local government areas.
Also, President Muhammadu Buhari won 19 local government areas in Sokoto
state, while Atiku Abubakar got four councils in Saturday’s
Presidential election.
The Chief Returning Officer of the
state, Prof. Yahuza Bello, who is the Vice-Chancellor, Bayero University, Kano State,
said Buhari, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate scored the
highest votes of 490, 333 in 19 councils.
He said Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) scored 361,
604 votes out of 871, 891 total votes cast while 54, 049 votes were
voided.
In Katsina State, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate,
Muhammadu Buhari has polled 1,232,133 votes in Saturday’s presidential election.
Prof. Fatima Mukhtar, the State Collation Officer said Buhari
defeated Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party who got 308,056
votes.
Buhari won in all the 34 local government areas of the state.
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