NigeriaElections2023: Tinubu, Atiku, Obi win polling units, boast of victory
DANIEL AYANTOYE, DIRISU YAKUBU,EGOLE ANOZIE, IKENNA OBIANERI, TED ODOGWU, PETER DADA,OLAIDE OYELUDE, JAMES ABRAHAM, DAUD OLATUNJI, UTHMAN SALAMI, JOHN CHARLES, DAYO OYEWO, ANIMASAHUN SALMAN, ADEYINKA ADEDIPE, DEBORAH TOLU-KOLAWOLE and CHIMA AZUBUIKEpresidential and National Assembly elections held on Saturday as scheduled by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
Sunday PUNCH reports that Tinubu’s polling unit recorded voter apathy as only 43 out of the 324 registered voters turned out for accreditation and voting. Atiku polled 282 out of the 350 total votes cast at the polling unit, to beat Tinubu, Obi and Kwankwaso, who got 57 votes, six votes and one vote, respectively.Atiku, accompanied by his first wife, Titi, had earlier voted at about 9.08am, after wading through a throng of his supporters.
He polled 236 votes to beat Atiku and Tinubu, who both got zero vote. However, Kwankwaso got two votes while the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Prof Peter Umeadi, got three votes. Describing the election as existential, Obi added, “I have both the physical and mental capacity to do the work. I am ready and prepared for it. People will feel it, it will be clear and measurable, everyone will feel it. So I can’t step down for anyone.”
Commenting on the process, Adebayo said, “So far, everything is working well and I just want to urge Nigerians to come out and vote.” Labour Party scored 54 votes to lose to the PDP, which got 102 votes while the APC came second with 98 votes.The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari , delivered his Polling Unit Baru 003, Baba Tone, Sarki Yara “A” ward for the APC presidential candidate, Tinubu.
At Lawan’s Polling Unit 001B Gashua in Yobe State, Tinubu got 107 votes while Atiku won with 186 votes. At Obasanjo’s Polling Unit 22, Ward 11, Olusomi compound, Totoro/Sokori Abeokuta North, APC’s Tinubu scored 56 votes while PDP’s Atiku got eight votes.The governors of Lagos, Ondo and Kaduna states, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Rotimi Akeredolu and Nasir El-Rufai, respectively, delivered their polling units for the APC flag-bearer, Tinubu.
But Atiku won Polling Unit 013 inside the Kaduna State Government House.He polled 69 votes to defeat Tinubu, who got 40 votes.Obi got 48 votes while Kwankwaso got 11 votes.Abdul-Azeez Adediran, aka Jandor, delivered his Polling Unit 001, Ward G in Irewe village, Ojo Local Government Area of the state for Atiku.Similarly,the spokesman for the PDP Presidential Campaign Council,Senator Dino Melaye, also secured his Polling Unit 004 Aiyetoro/iluhagba Ward 1 in Kogi State for Atiku.
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