February 27, (THEWILL) – Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has won last Saturday’s presidential election in Kwara State.
Prof, Paul Annune from Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi, Benue State, who was the collation officer for the presidential election in Kwara State, announced the results on Monday.
The APC’s candidate polled 263,572 votes while the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, trailed behind him with 136,909 votes.
The Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, scored 31,166 votes to come third while the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) candidate, Rabiu Kwakwanso, scored 3,141 votes.
The number of registered voters for the election were 1,695,928 while the accredited voters were 497,519.
Total valid votes were 469,971, rejected voted were 26,712 and total votes cast were 496,683.
Meanwhile, Tinubu, has also emerged winner of the presidential election in Ondo State.
Tinubu polled a total of 369,924 votes to emerge victorious.
While he was trailed from a distance by the candidate of the PDP), Atiku Abubakar, who garnered a total of 115,463 votes, Peter Obi of the LP came third with a total 47,350 votes.
The State Returning Officer for the presidential election and the Vice Chancellor, Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Professor Abayomi Fashina, announced the results on Monday.
