Buhari leads Atiku with 418,851 votes in Yobe

The candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), President Muhammadu Buhari, is leading the candidate of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, with the difference of 418,851 votes in last Saturday’s presidential election.

According to results declared by 16 local governments’ INEC collation officers, before the state’s Presidential Collation Officer, Professor Abubakar Gunduri, the APC candidate scored a total number of 466,439 against his PDP rival Atiku Abubakar,that pulled 47,583 votes.

As at the time of filling this report, the state collation officer is taking final result from the last local government area, Nangere, to declare the winner.

Below is the results for 16 out of 17 LGs in Yobe:

Damaturu:

APC   35, 772

PDP.     2,090

Gaidam:

APC 16,338

PDP      613

Nguru:

APC 36,433

PDP   5,352

Bade:

APC 42,485

PDP    3,295

Yunusari:

APC 23,837

PDP  939

Karasuwa:

APC 22,377

PDP  3,692

Yusufari: 

APC 22,157

PDP  3,567

Potiskum:

APC 62,101

PDP  4,331

Fune LGA:

APC 43,948

PDP 5,707

Jakusko:

APC 34,424

PDP 3,390

Bursari:

APC     22,253

PDP         2,555

Gulani:

APC         22,585

PDP            2,612 

Fika:

APC         42,488

PDP             5,522

Machina:

APC        14,619

PDP            2,315

Tarmuwa:

APC       12,122

PDP          1,269

 Gujba:

APC      12,227

PDP        325