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Akinwande Soji-Ojo
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has been declared winner of the presidential election in Kaduna, Kebbi and Sokoto States.
In Kaduna State, Atiku polled 554,360 votes to defeat the flag bearer of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who got 399,293 votes.
Atiku won in 14 local government areas, namely Zaria, Sabon Gari, Kagarko, Ikara, Makarfi, Kaduna South, Giwa, Kauru, Kudan, Kaduna North, Lere, Soba, Kubau and Igabi.
The ruling APC won in only two local governments– Sanga and Birnin Gwari Local Government Areas.
Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) won in seven local government areas—Kachia, Jema’a, Jaba, Kajuru, Kaura, Chikun and Zangon Kataf– to poll a total of 294,494 votes.
Announcing the results, Kaduna State Returning Officer, Professor Zayyan Umar while said total registered voters in the state was 4,335,208 while accredited voters were 1,418,046.
He gave the votes scored by each of the political parties as;
APC = 399,293
LP= 294,494
NNPP =92,969
PDP = 554,360
Umar said total valid votes cast were 1,360,153 while rejected votes were 41,223 and total vote cast were1,401,376.
Results summary
Giwa LGA
APC – 19,922
PDP – 22,302
LP – 565
NNPP – 3,114
Kaura LGA
APC – 1,847
PDP – 7,847
LP – 25,744
NNPP – 320
Kajuru LGA
APC – 3,940
PDP – 9,253
LP – 14,875
NNPP – 1,221
Makarfi LGA
APC -13,767
PDP – 22,098
LP – 759
NNPP -5,219
Jaba LGA
APC: 3,131
PDP: 8,798
LP: 9,967
NNPP: 335
Kaduna South
APC: 29,596
PDP: 42,996
LP:22,577
NNPP:9,124
Kauru LGA
APC: 15,870
PDP: 19,018
LP: 11,293
NNPP: 3,128
Lere LGA
APC: 24,695
PDP: 34,149
LP: 15,568
NNPP:7,264
Ikara LGA
APC: 17,297
PDP: 24,540
LP: 994
NNPP: 4,274
Sanga LGA
APC: 9,393
PDP: 9,233
LP: 9,088
NNPP: 352
Kachia LGA
APC: 12,053
PDP: 16,049
LP:17,381
NNPP: 1,521
Zangon Kataf LGA
APC: 5,877
PDP: 20,170
LP: 22,689
NNPP: 246
Jema’a LGA
APC: 10,928
PDP: 16,452
LP: 26,560
NNPP: 719
Zaria LGA
APC: 41,432
PDP: 62,260
LP: 3,634
NNPP: 8,729
Kagarko LGA
APC 9,698
PDP 14,027
LP 12,502
NNPP 1,255
Sabon Gari LGA
APC: 25,714
PDP: 30,713
LP: 12,834
NNPP: 6,082
Kubau LGA
APC:20,139
PDP: 23,686
LP: 1,701
NNPP: 4,819
Soba LGA
APC: 18,965
PDP: 23,364
LP: 354
NNPP: 3,722
Kudan LGA
APC: 11,630
PDP: 19,340
LP: 923
NNPP: 6,747
Birnin-Gwari LGA
APC: 17,080
LP: 235
NNPP: 1,143
PDP: 8,774
Chikun LGA
APC: 9,367
LP: 69,117
NNPP: 2,742
PDP: 32,659
Kaduna North
APC: 39,693
PDP: 40,670
LP: 10,330
NNPP: 12,613
Igabi LGA
APC: 37,259
PDP: 45,962
LP: 4,839
NNPP: 8,276
Atiku wins Kebbi
In Kebbi State, Atiku polled 285,175 votes to defeat Tonight, who scored 248,088 votes.
Obi of the Labour Party had 10, 682 votes to place third while NNPP’s Kwankwaso had 5038 votes to finish fourth.
Kebbi state presidential election results summary
Total registered voters -1,983,985
Accredited voters -599,201
Results:
APC -248,088
PDP -285,175
LP-8 10,682
NNPP-5,038.
Valid votes -559,522
Rejected votes -31,953
Total vote cast -591,475.
Atiku wins with narrow margin in Sokoto
Atiku emerged winner of the presidential election in Sokoto with 288,679 votes.
He was closely followed by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who polled 285,444 votes.
The results were announced by the State Collation Officer, Prof Kabiru Bala, at the state collation centre located at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters, Tangaza Road, Sokoto, in the early hours of Tuesday.
The candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Obi, came third with 6,568 votes.
Registered voters. 2,037,024
Accredited voters. 619,492
A. 115
AA. 110
AAC. 128
ADC. 486
ADP. 1,105
APC. 285,444
APGA 808
APM. 273
APP. 219
BP. 126
LP. 6,568
NNPP. 1,300
NRM. 681
PDP. 288,679
PRP. 324
SDP. 120
YPP. 175
ZLP. 208
Total valid votes. 586,875
Rejected votes. 21,015
Total votes cast. 607,890