BREAKING: Atiku wins presidential election in Osun

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has won the presidential election in Osun State.

Atiku won in 20 local government areas with a total of 354,366 votes to defeat his closest rival, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who scored 343,945 votes and won in 10 local governments.

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, came third in the race with a total of 23,283 votes followed by Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) who scored 713 votes.

The total figures were announced by the INEC State Collation Officer, Folashade Ogunsola.

Mrs Ogunsola, a professor, said the total votes cast were 756,744.

She noted that a total of 733,203 votes were considered valid votes while a total of 23,541 votes were rejected.

Meanwhile, INEC has announced Ekiti State Presidential results where the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu won all the sixteen local government areas of the state.

Tinubu won in all 16 Local Government Areas (LGAs) to defeat his closest rivals, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party.

According to results announced at the  Ekiti State Collation Centre on Sunday, Tinubu gathered a total of 201,486 votes to emerge the winner of the election.

The APC candidate was followed in second position by his PDP rival, Atiku who got 89,554 votes while Peter Obi of the Labour Party got 11,397 votes from Ekiti State.

See the results

PROF ABAYOMI SALAMI – INEC REC

PRESIDENTIAL COLLATION OFFICER – PROF AKEEM OLAWALE LASISI AND VC FEDERAL VARSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES ILA IRAGUN, OSUN STATE

16 LGAS

18:53

ACCREDITED 927,647

VOTES CAST 315,058

VOTES RECEIVED

A – 69

AA – 29

AAC – 108

ADC – 1,337

ADC 737

APC 201,494

APGA 268

APM – 46

APP – 91

BP – 46

LP – 11,397

NNPP – 264

NRM – 131

PDP – 89,554

PRP – 48

SDP – 2,011

ZLP – 460

TOTAL VALID VOTES – 308,171

REJECTED VOTES – 6,301

VOTES CAST – 314,472

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