Atiku Wins Kebbi

Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, has secured victory in the election in Kebbi state.

Usman Saidu, the collation officer, said Atiku polled 285,175 votes to win the state.

Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, was said to have polled 248,088 votes.

The collation officer said Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) standard bearer, had 10,682 votes while Rabi Kwankwaso, the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), scored 5,038 votes.

He gave the state’s total registered voters as 1,983,985, and the number of accredited voters as 599,201.

The total votes cast were 591,475, the total valid votes were 559,522 while 31,953 votes were rejected.