All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Gen. Muhammadu Buhari took an early lead yesterday as results of Saturday’s poll trickled in.
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officers announced results in some states.
The APC candidate is ahead in Kano, Ogun, Osun, Kogi, Oyo, Borno, Ondo and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Results in 23 local government areas of Kano State’s 44 were declared last night. All were won by the APC candidate.
President Goodluck Jonathan, who is the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is ahead in Nasarawa State. He won in the six of the nine local government areas where results were declared. The APC won in Wamba, Keffi and Awe. PDP won in Akwanga, Nasarawa Eggon, Obi, Keana, Kokona and Doma.
Dr. Jonathan won only in Marte, one of the 16 local government areas where results were declared in Borno State.
Jonathan also won with wide margins in Enugu State where results in three local government areas were released.
In Ekiti State, the PDP candidate won in all the 16 local government areas.
In Ogun State, the APC candidate won in 13 of the 20 local government areas.
A breakdown of the figures showed that in Remo North, APC polled 6,164. PDP got 9,278. In Ewekoro, APC had 9,626 and PDP polled 3,227. For Obafemi Owode, APC got 15,207 and PDP secured 5,786.
At Imeko Afon, APC polled 7,657 with PDP scoring 12,153. At Ijebu Ode local government, APC polled 14,043 while PDP got 8,962.
For Sagamu, APC got 15,761 and PDP had 17,263. In Odeda Local Government, APC had 11,102 while PDP had 4,456. In Odogbolu, APC had 11,623 and PDP (11,405).
In Ijebu North East, APC won 7,638 and PDP got 6,163.
But, despite the challenge faced by 125,483 registered voters in Abeokuta North in collecting their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), APC dusted PDP with 21,213 votes to 5,742 in an election cast by 29,107 valid voters.
In Ogun Waterside, APC won 7,076 votes and PDP got 8,063. In Ado-Odo Ota, APC (37,385), PDP (15,252); Abeokuta South APC (35,878), PDP (10,062); Ijebu East APC (9,109) PDP (10,045)
Also, in Egbado South, APC: 14,169 and PDP: 10,491; Ijebu North, APC: 14,410 and PDP: 20,500; Ifo, APC: 27,353 and PDP: 8, 645; Egbado North, APC: 16,459 and PDP: 13,408; Ikenne: APC: 8,443 and PDP: 11,503; Ipokia APC:17,974 and PDP: 15,546.
Director – General of Amosun Campaign Organisation(AMCO), Chief Bode Mustapha, hailed the performance of the state chapter of the APC in the concluded presidential and National Assembly polls.
Mustapha, who is also the APC returning Officer in the state, said the party’s performance was quite impressive and served as pointer to what lies ahead in the forthcoming April governorship election.
He ascribed the performance to the performance of the governor in the last 44 months coupled with his robust and energetic campaign around the wards and 20 local governments in the state.
