VOICE AIR MEDIA NEWS UPDATE
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has taken the lead in Nigeria’s general election held on Saturday, according to results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as of Monday night. INEC has announced results from 20 states so far, with Tinubu leading with 5,862,453 votes, while Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has secured 4,288,434 votes.
Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) is currently in third place with 2,834,932 votes, while Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) polled 1,315,549.
Interestingly, Tinubu is the only top contender who failed to win his home state, losing Lagos to Obi. Atiku, on the other hand, won in President Muhammadu Buhari’s state, Katsina.
The results from other states, as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), are expected to be presented today from 11 am at the International Conference Centre (ICC) in Abuja, the venue of the national collation center. The ICC remains under tight security.
However, the opposition parties have called for the suspension of the announcement of results. PDP’s Dino Melaye and Emeka Ihedioha at some point walked out of the ICC. The parties have complained of irregularities, over-voting, and refusal of officials to upload results on the INEC website, among others.
Checks show that out of 176,846 polling units in 774 local government areas, submitted results are from 79,673 units.
The declared results from the 20 states are as follows:
KWARA
Tinubu – 263,572
Peter Obi – 31,116
Atiku – 136,909
OSUN
Tinubu – 343,945
Obi – 23,283
Atiku – 354,366
ONDO
Tinubu – 369,924
Obi – 47,350
Atiku – 115,463
OGUN
Tinubu – 341,554
Obi – 85,829
Atiku – 123,831
OYO
Tinubu – 449,884
Obi – 99,110
Atiku – 182,977
ENUGU
Tinubu – 4,772
Obi – 428,640
Atiku – 15,749
GOMBE
Tinubu – 146,977
Obi – 26,160
Atiku – 319,123
JIGAWA
Tinubu – 421,390
Obi – 1,889
Atiku – 386,587
ADAMAWA
Tinubu – 182,881
Obi – 105,648
Atiku – 417,611
KATSINA
Tinubu – 482,283
Obi – 6,376
Atiku – 489,045
NASARAWA
Tinubu – 172,922
Obi – 191,361
Atiku – 147,093
PLATEAU
Tinubu – 307,195
Obi – 466,272
Atiku – 243,808
BAUCHI
Tinubu – 316,694
Obi – 24,910
Atiku – 426,607
KANO
Tinubu – 517,341
Obi – 28,513
Atiku – 131,716
*Kwankwaso – 997,279*
EKITI
*Tinubu – 201,494*
Obi – 11,397
Atiku – 89,554
BENUE
*Tinubu – 310,469*
Obi – 208,372
Atiku – 130,081
LAGOS
Tinubu – 572,606
*Obi – 582,454*
Atiku – 75,750
YOBE
Tinubu – 151,459
Obi – 2,406
*Atiku – 198,567*
EDO
Tinubu – 144,471
Obi – 331,163 ✅
Atiku – 89,585
AKWA IBOM
Tinubu – 160,620
Obi – 132,683
Atiku – 214,012 ✅