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President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has won the 2019 presidential election with 15,191,847 votes, giving him another term of four years.

His main challenger and the candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar scored 11,262,978 votes in the polls which had 71 other candidates on the ballot.

The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Mahmood Yakubu, this morning, declared President Buhari as the winner of the election having scored the highest number of votes.

Yakubu, who was the national returning officer for the presidential

election, put the number of valid votes at 29, 364, 209.

He said Buhari and his running mate Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will be issued certificate of return today at 2pm at the International Conference Centre (ICC), Abuja.

An agent of the PDP Osita Chidoka had earlier called for suspension of the process, pending the consideration of the party’s petition. The chairman however proceeded saying all the issues raised will be responded to at the apprpriate time.

Buhari won a total of 19 states, while Atiku emerged victorious in 17 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja.

The states won by Buhari are: Ekiti, Osun, Kwara, Nasarawa, Kogi, Gombe, Yobe, Niger, Jigawa, Kaduna, Bauchi, Lagos, Ogun, Kano, Katsina, Borno, Sokoto, Kebbi, and Zamfara.

On the other hand, Atiku won Ondo, Abia, Enugu, Ebonyi, Anambra, Oyo , Adamawa, Edo, Benue, Imo, Plateau, Taraba, Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers and the FCT.

Details of the second day of collation Jigawa Kaduna Oyo Niger

Results from State were the first to be submitted yesterday by the collation officer, Prof. Angela Freeman Mary. APC won with 612,371 votes to beat PDP’s 218, 052 votes. The state has a total of 2,375,568 registered voters, but only 911,964 were accredited for the polls.

The State Collation Officer and Vice Chancellor of the Usman Dan Fodio University, Sokoto, Prof. Abdullahi Abdul Zuru said President Buhari scored 794,738 against Atiku’s 289,895 votes.

He said Jigawa with 27 LGAs has 2, 104,889 registered voters, out of which 1,171,801 were accredited.

The State Collation Officer, Prof. Bello Shehu Bala, who is also the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Birnin Kebbi, said Buhari scored 993,445 votes as against PDP’s 640, 612 votes.

Kaduna has a total of 3,861,033 registered voters but only 1,757,868 were accredited.

Anambra

Atiku fought back in state with 524,738 votes as against APC 33,298, according to the Collation Officer

Prof F. Ogbonaya. Anambra has a total of 2, 389, 332 registered voters, out of which 675,273 were accredited.

In State, the returning officer, Prof: S. Abdulkareem said PDP scored 366,690 as against 365,229 for APC. The state has a total of 2,796,542 registered voters, but only 905,007 were accredited.

Adamawa

also went the way of PDP candidate who happens to be from that state. He won with 410,266 votes against Buhari’s 378,078 votes, according to the returning officer Prof. Andrew Haruna. The state has a total of 1,959,322 registered voters, but only 874,920 were accredited.

Bauchi

went to the APC with 798,428 while PDP scored 209,313. The returning officer, Prof. A.M Gani said the state has a total of 2,453,512 registered voters. 1,075,330 were accredited.

Edo Lagos,

In the returning officer Prof. F.K Salako said APC won with 580,825 against PDP’s 448,015. He said the state has a total of 6,313,507 registered voters, but 1,196,490 voters were accredited.

Benue Imo Plateau Kano Katsina, Ogun

APC also won in State by polling 281,762 votes as against PDP’s 194, 655, according to the returning officer Prof A.A. Joseph. The registered number of voters for Ogun State is 2,336,887 while 613,399 were accredited.

Despite being the home state of the APC national Chairman

State was won by the PDP with 275, 691 votes. APC came second with 267,842 votes. The state has 2,150,127 registered voters, out of which 604,915 were accredited. The returning officer is Prof Ndawayale.

State went to PDP which polled 356,817 to defeat APC with 347,668 votes. Benue has 2, 391,276 registered voters and 786,069 accredited voters.

State was won by the PDP with 334,923 votes as against APC’s 140,463 votes. There are 2,037,569 registered voters while 585,741 were accredited to vote, according to the returning officer Prof. B.C. Ozunda.

State also gave PDP 548,665 votes while APC scored 468,555. The returning officer Prof. A.K. Richard put the number of registered voters at 2,423,381 and accredited voters at 1,074,042.

went to Buhari who scored 1,464,768 against Atiku’s 392,593 votes. The returning officer Prof. M. Garuba said Kano has a total of 5,381,581 registered voters while 2,006,410 were accredited.

where President Buhari hails from, gave APC 1,232,133 votes against Atiku’s 308,056.

The state has a total of 3,219,422 registered voters while 1,628,865 were accredited for the election. The returning officer is the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University Dutse Fatima Batul Mukhtar.

Taraba

was won by PDP with 374,743 votes as against APC’s 326 996 votes. The total registered vote is 1,777,105 while the accredited voters are 756 111. The returning officer is Prof. Shehu Adamu.

Cross River