The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has emerged victorious in Benue and Zamfara states in Saturday’s presidential election.
In Benue, the former Lagos State Governor 310,468 to outpace Peter Obi of the Labour Party who scored 308,372 votes. Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party polled 130,081 votes to come a distant third, while Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party scored 4,740.
In Zamfara, Tinubu polled 298,396 votes to win the state having cleared 12 out of 14 local government areas in the state, while Atiku won two.
Atiku polled 193,978 votes while Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party scored 4,044, with Peter Obi of the Labour Party polled 1,660.
