The presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has been declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the last Saturday presidential election in Kogi state.
The INEC returning officer in charge of the election, Professor Wahab Egbenwole declared in Lokoja at the early hours of Tuesday that the candidate of the APC scored 240,751 votes to defeat his closest rival, Atiku Abubakar of the PDP, who got 145,104 votes.
Also, he said the candidate of the Labour party , Mr Peter Obi came distance third with 56,217 votes.
He added that out of 484, 884 voters who were accredited for the election in the state , 476,038 cast their votes, stressing that 456,790 votes were recorded as valid votes while 19,248 votes were rejected in the process.
The APC presidential candidate won in 15 local governments: Mopa /Muro, Kogi, Kabba Bunu, Ijumu, Igala/ Mela and Yagba West, Olamaboro, Ofu ,Yagba East, Dekina, Ankpa, including Lokoja, Okene and dah and Ajaokuta.
While the PDP presidential standard bearer won in six local governments of the state: Ogori Magogo, Adavi, Bassa, Ibaji, Okehi and Omala.
