Buhari leading with over 1m votes in 18 states announced so far

February 26

01:33 2019

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President Muhammadu Buhari is leading with over 1 million votes in results of 18 states announced at the national collation center of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won in 10 states while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cleared eight states. The 71 other presidential candidates are far behind.

While the president running under the platform of the APC has secured 6,153,880 votes, Atiku Abubakar of the PDP has had 5,149, 869 votes, leaving a margin of 1,004, 011 votes.

Mahmood Yakubu, national chairman of INEC, has adjourned collation until 3pm.

Below is a breakdown of the results so far as announced by INEC:

S/N	STATES	WINNER	VOTES FOR BUHARI	VOTES FOR ATIKU
1	Abia	Abubakar	85,058	219,698
2	Osun	Buhari	347,634	337,377
3	Kogi	Buhari	285,894	218,207
4	Ekiti	Buhari	219,231	154,032
5	Ondo	Abubakar	241,769	275,901
6	Yobe	Buhari	497,914	50,763
7	Nasarawa	Buhari	289,903	283,847
8	FCT	Abubakar	152,224	259,997
9	Gombe	Buhari	402,961	138,484
10	Kwara	Buhari	308,984	138,184
11	Enugu	Abubakar	54,423	355,553
12	Ebonyi	Abubakar	90,726	258,573
13	Niger	Buhari	612,371	218,052
14	Jigawa	Buhari	794,738	289,895
15	Kaduna	Buhari	993,445	649,612
16	Anambra	Abubakar	33,298	524,738
17	Oyo	Abubakar	366,690	365,229
18	Adamawa	Abubakar	378,078	410,266
Total			6,153,880	5,149, 869
Difference				1,004, 011