The Presidential candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar has secured victory in the presidential election in Taraba and Bayelsa states.
He scored 189,017 votes ahead of Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) who polled 146,315 votes and Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who got 135,165 votes.
See the final results below
Registered voters: 1,941,549
Accredited votes: 521,442
Total valid votes: 499,358
Rejected votes: 18,460
Total votes cast: 517, 818
A: 309
AA: 387
AAC: 291
ADC: 1,089
ADP: 715
APC: 135,165
APGA: 4,526
APM: 471
APP: 384
BP: 376
LP: 146,315
NNPP: 12,818
PDP: 189,017
SDP: 4,000
PRP: 579
NRM: 609
YPP: 313
ZlP: 1,994
However, in Bayelsa state, Atiku polled 68,818 votes, while Peter Obi of the Labour Party scored 49,975 votes, followed by Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress with 42,572 votes.
Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party scored 540 votes.
Atiku won in five out of the eight local government areas in Bayelsa State. He won in Ekeremor, Kolokuma/Okpokuma, Sagbama, Brass, and Southern Ijaw local government areas.
Mr Tinubu won in two local government areas – Nembe and Ogbia, while Obi won in Yenagoa, which is the capital of Bayelsa.
The number of registered voters in Bayelsa State was 105, 6862, while 177,368 voters were accredited for the elections. The total votes cast were 173, 111, while the rejected votes were 7,786.
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