Reports reaching Igbere Tv newsdesk have it that President Muhammadu Buhari of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has defeated the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar at his own polling unit.
Igbere Tv learnt that jubilation broke out after the announcement that President Buhari scored 186 votes to defeat Atiku Abubakar, who got 167 votes.
Igbere Tv also gathered that the loyalists of Atiku Abubakar’s were quick to play up the figure as a remarkable showing for their candidate, despite its closeness, saying the unit has been historically won by President Buhari, who has stood in every presidential election since 2003.
The results from Atiku Abubakar’s polling unit are amongst some of the early returns trickling in from across the country in today’s elections, Igbere Tv learnt.
Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari also overwhelmingly won his polling unit in Daura, Katsina State with 523 votes while Atiku secured only 3 votes.
Igbere Tv also gathered that the loyalists of Atiku Abubakar’s were quick to play up the figure as a remarkable showing for their candidate, despite its closeness, saying the unit has been historically won by President Buhari, who has stood in every presidential election since 2003.
The results from Atiku Abubakar’s polling unit are amongst some of the early returns trickling in from across the country in today’s elections, Igbere Tv learnt.
Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari also overwhelmingly won his polling unit in Daura, Katsina State with 523 votes while Atiku secured only 3 votes.
