THE presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has defeated those of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Ahmed Bola Tinubu, and Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi, in the Akwa Ibom State presidential election.
Abubakar secured a total of 214,012 votes to defeat his closest rival, Tinubu, who polled 160,620 votes, while Obi scored 132,683 votes.
The result was as declared by the returning officer for the state, Professor Emmanuel Adigio.
According to the results collated from the 31 local government areas in the state, Abubakar won in 23 local government areas, while Tinubu won in five local government areas.
Obi won in three local government areas, including the state capital, Uyo.
The state has a total number of 2,357,418 registered voters, but only 594,450 were accredited to vote.
According to the state returning officer, the total votes cast during the election was 587,417.
Summary of the results announced are as follows
A 860
AA 289
AAC 626
ADC 2265
ADP 811
APC 160,620
APGA 783
APM 599
APP 325
BP 525
LP 132,683
NNPP 7796
NRM 667
PDP 214,012
PRP 343
SDP 589
YPP 27,179
ZLP 4,124
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