Tinubu wins Ekiti while Atiku emerges winner in Osun with 354,366 votes
The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu, has emerged winner of Saturday’s election in Ekiti State.
This is according to results released by INEC Ekiti State Collation Officer, Prof. Akeem Lasisi, on Sunday.
Lasisi, who is the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Health Sciences, Ila-Orangun , Osun State, said the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, scored 89,554 votes.
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The Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, polled 11, 397 votes; while Prince Adewole Adebayo of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) recorded 2,011 votes.
Other party’s results according to INEC are: Accord – 69, AA – 29, AAC – 108, ADC – 1,337, ADP – 737, APGA – 268, APM – 46, APP – 91, BP – 46, NNPP – 264, NRM – 141, PRP– 48, YPP – 81 and ZLP – 460.
Lasisi said that the total number of registered voters in the state was 987,646; the total number of accredited voters was 315,058, while the total number of valid votes was 308,171.
He said that 6,301 votes were rejected due to overvoting and bypassing the Bimoda Voter Verification System (BVAS).
He listed the affected areas to include PU 7 Ward 4 at Ado- Ekiti Local Government and PU 6 Ward 7 Ekiti East.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the INEC Chairman after receiving the results adjourned the collation to Monday at 11 a.m. when more states would have been ready for collation.
Meanwhile, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has been declared the winner of the presidential election in Osun State.
The PDP candidate polled 354,366 to defeat the APC candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who scored 343, 945.
The results announced by the State Coalition Officer, Prof. Folasade Ogunsola, Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos said the total cast votes stood at 756,744 while the total valid vote is 733,203 as rejected vote stood at 23,541.
While giving the total results for presidential elections, the PDP candidate won in 20 local Government areas of the state while the APC candidates won the remaining 10 local government areas.
Local governments won by PDP include; Boluwaduro, Ifedayo, Ilesa West, Atakumosa West, Ife North, Ila, Irepodun, Oriade, Obokun, Olaoluwa, Orolu, Atakumosa East,
Ede South, Odo-otin, Egbedore, Ife South, Ilesa East and Ede North.
However, the local governments cleared by APC include; Ife East, Osogbo, Boripe, Ife Central, Olorunda, Ayedade, Irewo, Isokan, Ejigbo and Iwo.
See the results below:
BOLUWADURO Local Government
APC 4566
PDP 6076
LP 175
NNPP 3
IFEDAYO Local Government
APC 3610
PDP 5744
LP 93
NNPP 3
ILESA WEST Local Government
APC 9803
PDP 10841
LP 1651
NNPP 26
ATAKUMOSA WEST Local Government
APC 5003
PDP 7078
LP 355
NNPP 04
IFE NORTH Local Government
APC 7915
PDP 9754
LP 667
NNPP 12
ILA Local Government
APC 9841
PDP 12334
LP 230
NNPP 11
IREPODUN Local Government
APC 10,437
PDP 14,541
LP 210
NNPP 13
ORIADE Local Government
APC 11,745
PDP 14,982
LP 677
NNPP 10
OBOKUN Local Government
APC 8,196
PDP 14,084
LP 316
NNPP 14
IFE EAST Local Government
APC 20,902
PDP 12818
LP 2422
NNPP 88
OLAOLUWA Local Government
APC 7355
PDP 8134
LP 142
NNPP 39
OROLU Local Government
APC 7,720
PDP 8,944
LP 197
NNPP 13
ATAKUMOSA EAST Local Government
APC 2,768
PDP 9,405
LP 100
NNPP 7
OSOGBO Local Government
APC 28,474
PDP 19,085
LP 2,937
NNPP 50
EDE SOUTH Local Government
APC 5,477
PDP 16142
LP 537
NNPP 19
ODO-OTIN Local Government
APC 10,825
PDP 14,098
LP 506
NNPP 13
EGBEDORE Local Government
APC 8,536
PDP 10,432
LP 1,469
NNPP 37
IFE SOUTH Local Government
APC 9,555
PDP 9,765
LP 554
NNPP 30
ILESA EAST Local Government
APC 9,580
PDP 10,089
LP 1,358
NNPP 24
BORIPE Local Government
APC 15,325
PDP 8,921
LP 294
NNPP 9
AYEDIRE Local Government
APC 7,714
PDP 8,015
LP 168
NNPP 2
IFE CENTRAL Local Government
APC 19,362
PDP 10,777
LP 3,374
NNPP 111
OLORUNDA Local Government
APC 21,482
PDP 14674
LP 1,649
NNPP 42
IFELODUN Local Government
APC 13,456
PDP 15,157
LP 403
NNPP 16
AYEDADE Local Government
APC 13,352
PDP 13,251
LP 397
NNPP 14
IREWOLE Local Government
APC 17,991
PDP 13,081
LP 333
NNPP 7
ISOKAN Local Government
APC 9691
PDP 8774
LP 172
NNPP 10
EJIGBO Local Government
APC 15,209
PDP 12801
LP 499
NNPP 24
Ede North Local Government
APC 9,194
PDP 18,908
LP 782
NNPP 50
Iwo Local Government
APC 18,887
PDP 15,661
LP 616
NNPP 12
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