#NigeriaDecides: Buhari in landslide victory in Yobe (OFFICIAL)

President Muhammadu Buhari

#NigeriaDecides: Buhari in landslide victory in Yobe (OFFICIAL)

President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) recorded a landslide victory to defeat his main challenger, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, in Yobe State.

While Atiku polled  50,763, Buhari received an overwhelming 497,914 votes.

The results were declared by the Collation Officer and Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Wukari, Taraba State, Prof. Abubakar Musa.

He said there was a Boko Haram attack that delayed the voting for about two hours before voting commenced and that voting however, went on successfully afterwards.

Musa also gave the number of valid votes as 559,365; rejected as 26,772; total votes cast standing at 586,137; total registered voters being 1,365,913 and accredited voters as 601,059.

The result of other parties are as follows:

A 102
AA 41
AAC 137
AAP 147
ABP 59
ACD 79
ACPN 94
ADC 162
ADP 107
AGA 173
AGAP  40
ANDP 29
ANN 37
ANP 66
ANRP 102
APA 1023
APC 497,914
APDA 600
APGA 226
APM 102
APP 63
ASD 50
AUN 42
BNPP 72
CAP 22
CC 74
CNP 55
DA 119
DPC 103
DPP 240
FRESH 213
FJP 88
GDPN 622
GPN 84
HDP 42
ID 51
JMPP 30
KP 44
LM 12
LP 28
MAJA 69
MMN 298
MPN 96
NAC 35
NCMP 43
NCP 118
NDCP 31
NDLP 85
NEPP 46
NFD 36
NIP 56
NNPP 172
NPC 311
NRM 80
NUP 104
PCP 2107
PDP 50,763
PPA 406
PPC 151
PPN 49
PT 54
RAP 67
RBNP 27
RP 21
SDP 180
SNC 359
SNP 76
UDP 22
UP 10
UPN 19
WTPN 10
YES 34
YPP 36.

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