Tinubu leads vote tally (5,862,453); Atiku (4,288,434); Obi (2,834,932); Kwankwaso (1,315,549)
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is leading the vote count after the declaration of presidential election results in 20 states by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
INEC said by Monday night, Tinubu had scored 5,862,453 votes, followed by Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with 4,288,434 votes, Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) on 2,834,932; and Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) on 1,315,549.
However, Tinubu is the only top contender who failed to win his home state, losing Lagos to Obi. And Atiku clinched Katsina, the home state of President Muhammadu Buhari.
The International Conference Centre (ICC) in Abuja, venue of the national collation centre, remains under tight security, per reporting by Daily Post.
There is jubilation in the Tinubu camp. But LP agents teamed up with their counterparts in the PDP on Monday to walk out of the national collation centre over complaints that results were not transmitted from polling units.
The opposition parties sought the suspension of the announcement of results, alleging irregularities, manual transmission of results, over-voting, refusal of INEC officials to upload results on the INEC website, among others.
Results have been announced from 79,673 out of the 176,846 polling units in the 774 local government areas nationwide.
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Results state by state
Below are the official results of 20 states:
KWARA
*Tinubu – 263,572*
Peter Obi – 31,116
Atiku – 136,909
OSUN
Tinubu – 343,945
Obi – 23,283
*Atiku – 354,366*
ONDO
*Tinubu – 369,924*
Obi – 47,350
Atiku – 115,463
OGUN
*Tinubu – 341,554*
Obi – 85,829
Atiku – 123,831
OYO
*Tinubu – 449,884*
Obi – 99,110
Atiku – 182,977
ENUGU
Tinubu – 4,772
*Obi – 428,640*
Atiku – 15,749
GOMBE
Tinubu – 146,977
Obi – 26,160
*Atiku – 319,123*
JIGAWA
*Tinubu – 421,390*
Obi – 1,889
Atiku – 386,587
ADAMAWA
Tinubu – 182,881
Obi – 105,648
*Atiku – 417,611*
KATSINA
Tinubu – 482,283
Obi – 6,376
*Atiku – 489,045*
NASARAWA
Tinubu – 172,922
*Obi – 191,361*
Atiku – 147,093
PLATEAU
Tinubu – 307,195
*Obi – 466,272*
Atiku – 243,808
BAUCHI
Tinubu – 316,694
Obi – 24,910
*Atiku – 426,607*
KANO
Tinubu – 517,341
Obi – 28,513
Atiku – 131,716
*Kwankwaso – 997,279*
EKITI
*Tinubu – 201,494*
Obi – 11,397
Atiku – 89,554
BENUE
*Tinubu – 310,469*
Obi – 208,372
Atiku – 130,081
LAGOS
Tinubu – 572,606
*Obi – 582,454*
Atiku – 75,750
YOBE
Tinubu – 151,459
Obi – 2,406
*Atiku – 198,567*
EDO
Tinubu – 144,471
*Obi – 331,163*
Atiku – 89,585
AKWA IBOM
Tinubu – 160,620
Obi – 132,683
*Atiku – 214,012*