Election 2019: Atiku, Buhari in supremacy battle as results trickle in

Shocking results have been witnessed in some parts of the country as the snippet of results for today’s Presidential and National Assembly elections are coming in.

• Buhari defeats Atiku in Obasanjo polling unit

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won both the Presidential and National Assembly elections in the polling unit of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo.

Obasanjo is a support of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), who is also backing Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

At his polling unit 22, Ward 11, Olusomi Compound, Totoro Road, Sokori, in Abeokuta North Local Government Area, the APC presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, scored 88 votes in the presidential election, while Atiku had 18.

Also, in the senatorial election, APC scored 85, while ADC’s Titi Oseni-Gomez scored 18 votes.

In the House of Representatives election, APC scored 52 votes, while ADC had 11 votes.

 

• Atiku floors Buhari inside Aso Rock polling unit

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, on Saturday defeated President Muhammadu Buhari in one of the two polling units located inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

There are two polling units in the seat power.

For PU 022 Atiku polled 525 against Buhari’s 465.

For the senatorial election, PDP won with 546 votes against APC’s 477.

For the House of Representatives, PDP won with 521 votes against APC’s 466.

There are still results of three voting points pending in the second polling unit, PU 021.

The breakdown is as follows:

Unit 022 voting point 1

Presidential

APC 90, PDP 53

 

• Sowore wins own polling unit, floors Buhari, Atiku

The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Mr. Omoyele Sowore, won his polling unit on Saturday.

Sowore cast his vote at RCM Primary School, Apoi Ward II, Unit 005 in Kiribo, Ese-Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State.

Earlier, the presidential candidate commended the large turnout that greeted Saturday’s polls in Kiribo, Ese-Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State.

Sowore said he was happy with the fact that accreditation and voting were held simultaneously, although the process was slow.

He commended the electorate for conducting themselves in an orderly manner.

Sowore’s polling unit had 844 registered voters.

“The process has been orderly but very slow. I have been on the queue for a long time now, we hope that things will be hastened up so that as many people as possible can vote, ”he said.

In the final result, announced by the INEC presiding officer, Mr Sowore of AAC scored 208 votes, Muhammadu Buhari of APC scored 82 votes while Atiku Abubakar of PDP scored 11 votes.

Sowore, an activist and former student leader, is the publisher of Sahara Reporters.

See the results of the National Assembly election in Mr Sowore’s polling unit.

Senatorial

PDP=154

APC=79

AA=64

ADP=3

ADC=1

House of Reps

PDP=154

APC=102

AA=39

AAC=7

SDP=1

AD=1

ZLP=1

 

• Buhari wins El-Rufai’s polling unit

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has won the Kaduna State governor’s polling Unit Nasir El-Rufai’s in the State.

El-Rufai said the president polled 369 votes to defeat his major challenger the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party candidate Atiku Abubakar who had 44 votes.

“PMB HAS WON MY POLLING UNIT: The result of the two voting points at my polling unit at Unguwan Sarki, Kaduna is an overwhelming WIN for PMB: APC – 369, PDP – 044,” El Rufai tweeted on Saturday.

El-Rufai is a keen supporter of President Buhari and was heavily criticised for his pre-election statement that threatened death on the international bodies that try to intervene in the elections. He said they will leave in body bags.

The Kaduna State governor stayed on the queue for about four hours before he was able to vote at his polling unit.

• Buhari gets zero vote in Ekweremadu’s ward

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cleared all votes cast at the two polling units at Amachalla Primary School Mpu, in Aninri Local Government Area of Enugu State.

Mpu is the country home of the Deputy Senate President and PDP Senatorial candidate for Enugu West, Senator Ike Ekweremadu.

The Senator’s people delivered 100 percent of the votes cast for the PDP Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and the House of Representatives, Toby Okechukwu, with the All Progressives Congress, APC scoring zero.

There was wild celebration by the youths as INEC officials concluded counting of the votes.

Speaking to newsmen shortly after the counting of votes, a PDP stakeholder from the community, Mr. Bright Ekweremadu said it was expected because it is the Deputy President of the Senate’s ward and “so we don’t expect any other party to come in.

“For this community, we are overwhelmed, we are happy, it’s a sign that our Senator is representing us well and we are happy with him and the only way to pay him back is to cast our votes for him. And we have done that not only for Senate but the Presidency and House of Reps.”

Out of the 499 valid votes cast, PDP scored 468 votes for Presidency, 490 for Senate and 492 for House of Reps. Other parties scored zero.