2019 Presidential election result: What Gov. Obaseki told Edo people after Atiku defeated Buhari in State

 2019 Presidential election result: What Gov. Obaseki told Edo people after Atiku defeated Buhari in State

The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, on Tuesday appreciated the people of state for coming out en masse to cast their votes during Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections.

Baba Newsline had reported that the State Collation Officer for the Presidential election, Prof. Ndowa Lale announced at the INEC headquarters in Benin that Atiku scored 275,691 votes, while Buhari of the All Progressives Congress, scored 267,842 votes.

Governor Obaseki, in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Communication Strategy, Crusoe Osagie, thanked Edo people for performing their civic responsibility.

He said: “With the results out, it is obvious that there is a growing acceptance of the APC in the presidential and National Assembly elections in the state. The margins show that we have considerably closed the gap here. The outcome of the polls turned out to be better than the previous one held in the state in 2015.

“A comparison of the results shows that in 2019, PDP polled 275,691, and the APC got 267,842; while in 2015, the PDP scored 286,869 against APC’s 208,469 in the presidential election.

“In 2015, the margin of defeat was 78400 votes, but in 2019, it dropped by 90 per cent to 7849 votes. This is a considerable improvement on the party’s performance.

“We appreciate the people of Edo for coming out en masse to cast their votes and for aligning with the vision of returning President Muhammadu Buhari, and we wish to congratulate them for the party’s strong showing.”

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