#NigeriaDecides: Atiku defeats Buhari in Edo

#NigeriaDecides: Atiku defeats Buhari in Edo

By Usman A. Bello

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has defeated President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in last Saturday’s presidential election in Edo state with a margin of 7,849 votes.

Announcing the results, the INEC Collation Officer in the state, Ndowa Lare, said Atiku polled 275,691 votes to defeat Buhari who got 267,691 votes.

Lale said the total number of registered voters in the state was 2,150,127 while the total number of accredited voters was 604,915.

He said the number of valid votes was 560,711, just as 38,517 votes were rejected while the total number of votes cast was 599,228.

Daily Trust reports that Atiku won in eight local governments while Buhari won in ten local governments.

Atiku won in Esan North East, Ovia North East, Egor, Oredo, Esan South East, Esan West, Esan Central and Ipoba-Okha local governments.

Buhari won in Etsako West, Akoko-Edo, Igueben, Ovia South West, Etsako East, Owan East, Owan West and Esako Central, Uhumwonde and Orhionwon local governments.

The presidential election results, according to the INEC collation officer, are as follow:

Etsako Central local government

APC 11,437

PDP 9,011


Owan West local government

APC 12,524

PDP 10,758


Esan North East local government

APC 7,991

PDP13,361


 Owan East local government

APC18,678

PDP 15,221


 Etsako East local government

APC 16,151

PDP 16,146


Ovia North East local government

APC 12,612

PDP 15,706


Ovia South West local government

APC 11,511

PDP  9,987


Egor local government

APC 12,482

PDP 23,566


Oredo local government

APC21, 496

PDP 34, 841


Esan South East local government

APC 11,039

PDP 11,435


Esan West local government

APC  10,596

PDP  16,013


Igueben local government

APC   7,503

PDP   6,553


Akoko-Edo local government

APC  23,945

PDP  17,511


Ipoba-Okha local government

APC  25,404

PDP  30122


Etsako West local government

APC   31,336

PDP  11,395


Esan Central local government

APC   8,691

PDP   9,512


Uhumwonde local government

APC   9969

PDP   9766


Orhionwon local government

APC 15,099

PDP 13,787

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