Atiku Abubakar, the candidate for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), defeated Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the just-concluded 2023 presidential election in Bauchi State....CONTINUE READING
Atiku won in 18 of the State’s 20 local government areas, according to results of the presidential election collated in Bauchi since Sunday and ending on Monday at 6 p.m. Tinubu fared better in just two of the State’s local government areas.
Atiku received a total of 426,607 votes, while Tinubu received 316,694 votes, according to the results announced by the returning officer, Prof. Abdulkadir Sabo Muhammad of Federal University in Dutse Jigawa State, at 7 p.m. on Monday.
However, the NNPP presidential candidate, Dr Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, got 72,103 votes and was trailed by Labour Party’s Peter Obi with 27,373 votes in the exercise.
