#NigeriaDecides: Buhari coasting to victory as INEC National Collation Centre releases results from 12 states including FCT
Nigeria’s incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, as presidential candidate of the nation’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), appears to be good with victory in Saturday’s presidential election, going by his sustained a clear win in seven of the 11 states results announced by the electoral umpire — as at 12:45am of Tuesday 26 February 2019.
His rival, who is candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, won in four and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The collation of the results continues at 10am this Tuesday according to the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Chief Electoral Officer of the Federation, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu.
Yakubu is the Chief Returning Officer in the 2019 presidential election in the country.
The INEC announced the results at the International Conference Centre (ICC), venue of the National Collation Centre in Abuja.
Of the 11 states and the FCT that had been announced by the electoral umpire, President Buhari was leading in seven states, losing in the other five to Atiku.
As at the time of filing this report, the states won by Buhari are: Ekiti, Kwara, Osun, Nasarawa, Gombe, Kogi and Yobe.
Atiku won in Ondo, Abia, Enugu, Ebonyi and the FCT.
The final results collation, which began with Ekiti State, saw the APC’s President Buhari garnering 219, 231 from the 16 local government areas as against 154,034 for the PDP flag bearer.
Buhari also claimed Osun, polling 347,634 as against Atiku’s 337,377 in the 30 local government areas.
Atiku claimed the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), scoring 259,997 as against Buhari’s 152,224. The PDP candidate won in five of the six FCT local governments.
He was defeated in Kwara State, where Buhari won in all the 16 local government areas, scoring 308,984 votes as against PDP’s 138,184.
Buhari also won in Nasarawa State, scoring 289,903 as against Atiku’s 283,847. He won in 13 local government areas.
The APC standard bearer extended his victory to Kogi State where he scored 285,894 as against Atiku’s 218, 207. He won in 16 of the 20 local government areas.
