Politics

Tinubu wins 20 of 25 LGs in Niger State

Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has defeated former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the election held in the 25 local government areas of Niger State last Saturday.

Tinubu scored 375,183 votes to Atiku’s 284,898 votes.

Prof. Clement Allawa, the Chief Returning Officer for the presidential election in the state, announced the results on Monday.

An analysis of the results showed that Tinubu won in 20 out of the 25 local government areas in the state.

Allawa said the Labour Party’s (LP) Peter Obi came third with 80,452 votes.

 

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