Nigeria Decides: Tinubu Floors Atiku, Obi In Niger
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has defeated the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, and Peter Obi of the Labour Party in Niger State.
The former Lagos Governor was declared the winner of Saturday’s presidential election conducted in Niger State after he polled 375,183 votes.
Former Vice President Atiku scored 284,898 votes, while Obi polled 80,452 votes and failed to get the required constitutional 25%.
There were 2,698,344 registered voters, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, while 827,416 were accredited.
There were 778668 valid votes, while 34687 were rejected.