In Buhari’s home state of Katsina, Atiku defeats Tinubu.
Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, has defeated All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Bola Tinubu in Katsina State.
Muazu Abubakar, the Katsina State Returning Officer, announced the results.
Katsina is the home state of President Muhammadu Buhari, an APC member. It is also the home state of Ibrahim Masari, the APC’s vice presidential candidate.
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Mr Abubakar stated that Atiku received 489,045 votes to Mr Tinubu’s 482, 283 votes, a difference of 6,762. New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) candidate Rabiu Kwankwaso received 69,386 votes.
Despite Mr Tinubu’s victory in 21 local government areas, Atiku, who won in 13 of them, defeated the APC candidate. The state is divided into 34 local government areas.
Although the former governor of Lagos State won in the local government areas of Daura, Kafur, and Dutsi, where Messrs Buhari, Masari, and Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika are from, it was not enough to secure victory over Atiku in the state.
Mr Buhari (Daura), Aminu Masari (Kafur), and Hadi Sirika (Dutsi), Minister of Aviation, Mr Tinubu, all failed to win the state.
Atiku, an Adamawa State native, had frequently referred to Katsina State as his second home because of his friendship with the late Shehu Yar’adu’a, a retired major general who introduced him to politics.
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Atiku received 45,390 votes in Katsina metropolis, where Mr Yar’adua was born, while Mr Tinubu received 15, 953 votes.
Below is the breakdown of the votes for APC and PDP according to local government areas:
MATAZU LGA
APC – 12008
PDP – 9644
KAITA LGA
APC: 14,595
PDP: 11,793
MUSAWA LGA
APC- 14,360
PDP- 10603
INGAWA LGA
APC- 12,315
PDP- 12,152
CHARANCI LGA
APC- 12,779
PDP- 8020
DUTSI LGA
APC- 9258
PDP- 8074
BATSARI LGA
APC 7,017
PDP 8,889
SANDAMU LGA
APC – 13681
PDP – 10434
ƊANDUME LGA
APC – 15062
PDP – 10718
MASHI LGA
APC – 12868
PDP – 16085
DANMUSA LGA
APC – 11259
PDP – 7294
RIMI LGA
APC – 16759
PDP – 15318
KURFI LGA
APC 11203
PDP 12528
BATAGARAWA LGA
APC 13950
PDP 16987
DUTSINMA LGA
APC 13233
PDP 17917
KUSADA LGA
APC- 7,442
PDP- 10,990
MAI’ADUA LGA
APC- 19,098
PDP- 14,096
BINDAWA lGA
APC- 16,578
PDP- 12, 582
KANKIYA LGA
APC- 10,658
PDP- 17,426
BAURE LGA
APC- 21,661
PDP- 16,820
KANKARA LGA
APC- 14,456
PDP- 22,035
MANI LGA
APC- 14,334
PDP- 18, 998
ZANGO LGA
APC- 13,891
PDP- 10,791
DANJA LGA
APC- 16,202
PDP- 14,004
BAKORI LGA
APC- 15036
PDP- 20,070
FASKARI LGA
APC- 17,180
PDP- 15,667
JIBIA LGA
APC- 10690
PDP- 13,761
KAFUR LGA
APC- 23,517
PDP- 13,167
DAURA LGA
APC- 16,889
PDP- 12,913
KATSINA LGA
APC- 15,953
PDP- 45,390
SABUWA LGA
APC- 10,207
PDP- 7287
SAFANA LGA.
APC- 7,683
PDP- 7,989
MALUMFASHI LGA
APC- 21,008
PDP- 19,892
FUNTUA LGA
APC- 19,453
PDP- 18,711
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