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 ✅