Buhari deafeats Atiku in Jigawa
BOILER-PIPE: President Muhammadu Buhari [Photo: Presidency] Related News The presidential candidate of the governing All Progressive Congress , Muhammadu Buhari, has won in all the 27 local Government Councils of Jigawa State. According to results released by the collation officer, Abdullahi Zuru, the APC candidate polled 794, 738 votes to defeat his challenger Atiku Abubakar of the PDP who had 289,895 votes The result which showed a difference of 504,843 votes represents a 73.
earlier analysed the outcome of the presidential election in Jigawa which indicated that the APC candidate could win 70-75 per cent of the votes in the state. The total number of registered voters in the state stood at 2,104,889 while accredited voters are 1,171,801. Total valid votes were 1,106,244 and rejected votes were 436,878. The total votes cast was 1,149,922.