Late result from Kano last night indicates that President
Muhammadu Buhari is ahead of Atiku Abubakar, his main challenger in the
election, in 10 out of the 44 local government areas of the state.
Kano is the
stronghold of the president but Atiku pulled a surprise when he campaigned in
the ancient city two weeks ago.
As the results
trickled in last night from the collation centre and computed by officials of
the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in 10 LGAs, the
presidential candidate of the APC incumbent president Muhammadu Buhari was in
the lead.
In Tofa local
government area, Mohammed Murtala, returning officer for the local government,
announced that the Buhari scored 19,984 while Atiku polled 7,732 votes.
In Madobi, the
local government of Rabiu Kwankwaso, a strong ally of Atiku, Buhari secured
26,110 votes ahead of Atiku’s 13,111.
At Garun Malam,
Buhari garnered 23,810 votes while Atiku scored 4,861 votes. In Bagwai local
government In Kunchi Buhari scored 20,375 and Atiku 4,983.
In Gabasawa,
Buhari scored 24,420, while Atiku had 6,130. In Bunkure, the APC secured 7,232,
while PDP got 9,528. In Rimin Gado, Buhari scored 20,589 while Atiku secured
10, 305.
In Karaye local
government, the president scored 23,023 ahead of his rival Atiku who got 8,265.
In Dawakin
Tofa, the local government area of the state governor, Abdullahi Ganduje,
Buhari had 37,417 votes while Atiku polled 6,507.
The collation
of results is ongoing while INEC has announced that the final results will be
announced later.
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