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Akinwande Soji-Ojo
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has been declared winner of last Saturday’s presidential election in Kogi state by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The Returning Officer for the state, Professor Wahab Egbenwole, who made the announcement in Lokoja on Tuesday, said that Tinubu scored 240,751 votes to defeat his closest rival, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who got 145,104 votes.
Peter Obi of the Labour Party came third with 56,217 votes.
He added that out of 484,884 voters who were accredited for the election in the state, 476,038 cast their votes, adding that 456,790 votes were recorded as valid while 19,248 votes were rejected.
Tinubu won in 15 local governments: Mopa/Muro, Kabba/Bunu, Ijumu, Igalamela/Odolu, Yagba West, Olamaboro, Ofu ,Yagba East, Dekina, Ankpa, Lokoja, Okene, Adavi, Idah, Koton Karfe and Ajaokuta. Atiku won in six local governments of the state: Ogori/Magogo, Adavi, Bassa, Ibaji, Okehi and Omala.