Atiku vs Buhari : Winner of Edo emerges
Nsikak Nseyen The presidential candidate of the people Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has emerged winner in Edo State. The State Collation Officer for the Presidential election, Prof. Ndowa Lale announced at the INEC headquarters in Benin that Atiku scored 275,691 votes, while Buhari of the All Progressives Congress scored 267,842 votes.
However, Buhari beat Atiku in the number of councils won. He won in 10 while Atiku won in eight. Lale who is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Port-Harcourt, said the total number of registered voters in state was 2,150,127, while the total number of accredited voters was 604,915, NAN reports. Lale noted that the number of valid votes was 560,711, while 38,517 votes were rejected. He further said the total number of votes cast was 599,228.
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