First result by INEC reportedly declares Buhari winner in Ekiti

President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly won Ekiti state, the first officially declared presidential election result by Independent National Electoral Commission.

In the result announced by the returning officer, Professor Idowu Olayinka, vice chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Buhari of the PDP polled 219,231 votes, while Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party got 154,032 votes. PDP 154,032.

Reports by News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) claimed that total valid votes were 381,132, rejected votes 12,577, while total total votes were 393 709.

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The APC has already won two of the senate seats for the state and several House of Representative seats.

Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that President Buhari reportedly defeated the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar at his polling unit.

There was a wild jubilation broke out following the announcement that President Buhari scored 186 votes to defeat Atiku.

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However, supporters of Atiku claimed Atiku put up a remarkable showing despite losing to President Buhari, adding that the president has always won in the polling unit in nearly all previous elections.

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Source: Legit.ng