Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has recorded a resounding victory over his closest rival Atiku Abubakar of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the presidential poll in results of 10 of the 44 local governments in Kano state declared so far by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Highlights of the results indicate that President Buhari defeated Atiku in the Madobi local council, where former Governor of Kano state and leader of the Kwankwasiyya hails from.
President Buhari scored 26,110 votes às against Atiku’s 13,113 votes declared by the presidential collation officer in Kano, Prof Magaji Gambo who is the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Gusau.
Kwankwaso, however, was able to deliver his polling unit for Atiku who scored 278 as against Buhari’s 215 votes during the poll held on Saturday.
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Kano’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), who was on hand to oversee the results declaration, ordered the repeat of the election in four polling units in Dawakin Tofa council of Kano state.
The directive followed the disclosure by the collation officer of the council, Prof Mohammed Musa that about 10, 000 voters were denied the opportunity to cast their ballots due to malfunction of the card readers allotted to the polling units 014 and 015 in Dawakin Tofa east.
Declaration of results in the remaining 34 local councils of the state was shifted to 9 p.m to enable INEC officials, party agents, monitors and observers to perform Maghrib and Isha prayers.
Below are the details of results of the presidential election in the 10 local councils so far declared:
Local Government
1) Garun Malam
APC – 23, 810
PDP – 4, 861
2) Tofa
APC – 19, 984
PDP – 7, 732
3) Kunchi
APC – 20,375
PDP – 4, 983
4) Bagwai
APC – 23, 375
PDP – 10, 584
5) Gabasawa
APC – 24,420
PDP – 6,130
6) Bunkure
APC – 27, 232
PDP – 9,528
7) Rimin Gado
APC – 20, 589
PDP – 10, 305
8) Karaye
APC – 23,023
PDP – 8, 265
9) Madobi
APC – 26,110
PDP – 13,113
10) Dawakin Tofa
APC – 34, 417
PDP – 6,507
