By Ayo Kehinde
Official presidential elections declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, shows that in the 10 states released so far, including the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, two major political party, among the 79 parties, have won majority of the votes above the regulatory 25 per cent in each state. The parties are the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
The candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, President Muhammadu Buhari has won in seven of these states, while Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, leads in four, including the FCT. IINEC Chairman closed the collation for the day at midnight to reconvene at 10 am on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the officially declared results are as given below:
EKITI:
APC: 219,231
PDP: 152,032
OSUN:
APC: 347,534
PDP: 337,377
FCT:
APC: 152,224
PDP: 259,997
KWARA
APC: 308.984
PDP: 138,184
NASARAWA:
>APC : 289,901
PDP: 283,847
ONDO:
APC: 241,746
PDP: 275,901
GOMBE:
APC: 409,969
PDP: 138,484
EBONYI:
APC: 90,725
PDP: 258,573
ENUGU:
APC: 54,422
PDP: 355,552
ABIA:
APC: 85,058
PDP: 219,698
