Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai failed to deliver his state to the All Progressives Congress as the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar won Saturday’s election in the state.
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Atiku won in 14 Local Government Areas, defeating the Labour Party, which claimed victory in 7 LGAs, while the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) won only two LGAs.
In the final results collated and declared by INEC at the state collation centre, PDP won in 14 Local Government Areas, Labour Party, 7, while the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) won only two LGAs.
Prof. Muhammad Zayyan Umar, the returning officer who gave the final result said polled 554,360 votes ahead of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the APC who secured 399,293 votes, a difference of 155,067.
Labour Party’s Peter Obi garnered 294,494 votes and Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) trailed with 92,962 votes
Out of the 4.3 million registered voters, 1. 4 million were accredited for the election in Kaduna.
Buhari reaped from credible polls, failing to bequeath one – LP PCC
The Presidential Campaign Council of Labour Party, LP, has expressed disappointment over what it described as the failure of President Muhammadu Buhari to bequeath a legacy of credible elections after being a beneficiary of one which brought him into office.
Director General of the LP PCC, Akin Osuntokun, said this at a media briefing in Abuja, yesterday.
Osuntokun explained that both President Buhari and the Independent National Electoral Commission failed to live up to their promise to let the votes of Nigerians count despite several assurances.
