Atiku Abubakar
By Our Reporter
The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, is currently leading in the seven local government areas of Bauchi State so far announced.
The exercise is currently ongoing at Professor Mahmood Yakubu Hall, at the Independent National Electoral Commission Headquarters, Bauchi, the venue of the Presidential Election Collation in the State.
However, the collation has gone on a break for prayers and to allow more LGAs to bring in their results.
The State Collation Officer, Prof. Abdulkarim Mohammed, the Vice Chancellor, Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State, who announced the break said that the exercise would resume at 8.00pm.
So far, results of Warji, Bogoro, Dass, Dambam, Jama’are, Giade and Darazo LGAs have been announced by the various Electoral Officers.
According to the results, Atiku got 100,304 votes to be ahead of Tinubu with 30,473.
Tinubu, the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, got 69,831 votes.
The Presidential Candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Musa Kwankwaso got 13,740 votes. The Labour Party Candidate, Peter Obi came fourth with 7,968 votes.
Here are the results as announced:
Bogoro LGA
APC: 4,850
NNPP: 798
PDP: 15,156
LP: 6,866
Warji LGA
APC: 11,862
NNPP: 424
PDP: 17,732
LP: 185
APC: 10,939
NNPP: 397
PDP: 13,242
LP: 795
Darazo LGA
APC: 16,070
NNPP: 1,895
PDP: 17,459
LP: 41
Dambam LGA
APC: 7,588
NNPP: 2,586
PDP: 12,203
LP: 42
Jama’are LGA
APC: 8,140
NNPP: 3,638
PDP: 12,535
LP: 22
Giade LGA
APC: 10,382
PDP: 11,977
NNPP: 4,002
LP: 17
