Atiku Emerges Winner In Buhari’s Kastina State

In the state of Katsina, which is the home of President Muhammadu Buhari, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party won the presidency.

Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress received 482,283 votes, but Atiku received 489,045 to defeat him and the other candidates.

With 69,386 votes, NNPP candidate Rabiu Kwankwaso finished third. Peter Obi of the Labour Party received 6,376 votes to finish second.

In the INEC Presidential Election Collation Center in Katsina, Mr. Abubakar was proclaimed the victor of the election by Professor Muazu Abubakar Gusau, the state’s returning officer and vice chancellor of the Federal University Gusau.

The PDP candidate won 13 out of the state’s 34 LGAs with APC’s Tinubu winning 21 LGAs. Despite winning fewer LGAs, Mr Abubakar was able to secure victory in the state which had voted by a landslide in support of President Buhari in 2015 and 2019 and which also has an APC Governor.

To pull off a victory in the state, Mr Abubakar won Batsari, Mashi, Kurfi, Batagarawa, Dutsinma, Kusada, Mani, Kankia, Kankara, Bakori, Jibia, Katsina and Safana LGAs and secured significant votes in the other LGAs.

APGA – 1,391, NNPP – 69,386, Labour Party – 6,376, PRP – 1,986, SDP – 339, YPP – 1,029 and ZLP – and 371 votes, respectively.

The total number of registered voters in the state was 3,516,719 but only about a third of that number, 1,097,663 were accredited to vote.

According to the INEC Returning Officer in the state, elections were cancelled in certain polling units in Baure, Danmusa, Dutsinma, Funtua, Kafur, Kankara, Katsina, Kurfi, Kusada, Mai’adua, Malumfashi, Mashi, Sabuwa and Safana LGAs.

The cancellations were due to thuggery, insecurity, resistance, violence or over voting and obstruction.