The candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), President Muhammadu Buhari, has been declared winner of the Saturday’s presidential election in Yobe state.
The state’s Presidential Collation Officer, Professor Abubakar Gunduri, who is the Vice Chancellor of Federal University Wukari, announced that after collation of results from the 17 local government areas of Yobe state.
Announcing the results on Monday, Gunduri said Muhammadu Buhari of the APC, had scored a total of 497,914 votes against his opponent of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar that polled 50,763.
The collation officer said the state has a total of 1,365,913 registered voters out of which 601,059 were accredited for the election.
He also announced that the exercise has recorded the total of 559,365 as valid votes, 26,772 rejected and 4,407 were cancelled due smart card readers’ issues in Fune, Nangere and Yusufari local government areas.
Damaturu:
APC 35,772
PDP 2,090
Gaidam:
APC 16,338
PDP 613
Nguru:
APC 36,433
PDP 5,352
Bade:
APC 42,485
PDP 3,295
Yunusari:
APC 23,837
PDP 939
Karasuwa:
APC 22,377
PDP 3,692
Yusufari:
APC 22,157
PDP 3,567
Potiskum:
APC 62,101
PDP 4,331
Fune LGA:
APC 43,948
PDP 5,707
Jakusko:
APC 34,424
PDP 3,390
Bursari:
APC 22,253
PDP 2,555
Gulani:
APC 22,585
PDP 2,612
Fika:
APC 42,488
PDP 5,522
Machina:
APC 14,619
PDP 2,315
Tarmuwa:
APC 12,122
PDP 1,269
Gujba:
APC 12,227
PDP 325
Nangere:
APC 31,475
PDP 3,180
Total number of votes scored by APC is: 497,914
Total number of votes scored by PDP is: 50,763
Votes by margin between APC & PDP: 447,151
Total number of registered voters: 1,365,913
Total number of accredited voters: 601,059
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