Nigeria decide 2023: Atiku wins in Kebbi
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, has won the presidential election in Kebbi with 285,175 votes.
Prof. Usman Saidu, the State Collation Officer, while announcing the result in Birnin Kebbi, said that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, came second with a total votes of 248,088.
Saidu said the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, also scored 10,682 votes while the New Nigeria Peoples Party, scored 5,038 votes.
However, the state collation officer explained that the state total registered voters as 1,983,985, number of accredited voters as 599,201; total votes cast- 591,475; total valid votes-559,522 while 31,953 votes were rejected.
The Director-General, PDP Presidential Campaign Council, Kebbi State and party agent, Alhaji Bala Dole, while addressing the newsmen shortly after the declaration of the result, welcomed the results.
He claimed that if not for some ”little hitches” his party would have gotten more votes.
Also, the All Progressives Congress agent, Alhaji Ja’afar Ahmed, said there were issues with the result, insisting that the exercise was characterised by violence, late arrival of election materials, malfunctioning of BIVAS as well as inducement in different forms.
Responding, the Resident Electoral Commissioner in the State, Alhaji Ahmed Bello-Mahmud, expressed appreciation that the elections were conducted peacefully, fairly, credibly and conclusively collated devoid of any rancour, while appealing to the electorate to maintain the tempo in the forthcoming elections for the good of all.
