Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, has been declared the winner in Zamfara State.
Professor Kashim Shehu of the Federal University of Birnin Kebbi, the collation officer for the Zamfara State presidential election, announced the results in Gusau, the state capital, in the early hours of Tuesday.
Shehu noted that Tinubu of the APC won 12 of the state’s 14 Local Government Areas, while Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party won two.
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Tinubu received 298,396 votes, according to the results announced at the presidential election collation center.
With 193,978 votes, the former Lagos State governor was closely followed by Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) received 4,044 votes, while Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) received 1,660 votes.
Shehu declared that votes in 167 polling units had been cancelled due to overvoting, insecurity, and thugs’ disruptions.
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The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,879,308, with 527,137 of them accredited to vote in the election.
A total of 502,923 valid votes and 16,508 votes were recorded, bringing the total number of votes cast to 519,431.
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