The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has emerged as the winner of the presidential election in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
Obi defeated Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) after the summation of all six area councils in the FCT.
Obi polled a total vote of 281,717 to win over Tinubu who secured 90,902 and Atiku had a total of 74,199.
A total of 478,923 people were accredited to vote in Abuja, meaning Mr Obi secured about 59 per cent of the votes cast. Neither Mr Tinubu (19 per cent) nor Atiku (15 per cent) scored up to 25 per cent of the votes in the Nigerian capital.
The Federal Capital Territory has six area councils—Gwagwalada, Abaji, Kwali, Gwagwalada, Bwari and Abuja Municipal.
Out of the six area councils, Labour Party won four, while the APC won two.
See the total results below:
APC: 90,902
PDP: 74,199
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LP: 281,717
NNPP: 13,247
Registered voters: 1526902
Accredited voters: 478923
Total Valid vote: 460080
Total Rejected votes: 18581
Total votes cast: 486652
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