Nigeria Elections: Atiku beats Buhari in 11 out of 18 LGAs in Ondo

The candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has won 11 out of the 18 local government areas of Ondo state in the last Saturday Presidential election.

Prof. Kayode Soremekun of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, who is the state’s Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), declared this on Sunday in Akure, NAN reports.

According to Soremekun, Atiku polled 275,901 votes while candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), President Muhammadu Buhari, scored 241,769 votes in the remaining seven local government areas.

Soremekun disclosed that the number of registered voters was 1,312,567, accredited voters: 598,586, total valid votes: 555,984, rejected votes: 3,0833 while the total votes cast was 586,827.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that PDP won Akure North, Ifefore, Idanre,Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo, Irele, Ondo East, Ose, Akure South, Ondo West, Ese-odo and Okitipupa Local Government Areas of the state.

The incumbent president won in Odigbo, Owo, Akoko North East, Akoko North West, Akoko South East, Akoko South West and Ilaje.

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Updates for Nigeria’s highly anticipated 2019 General Elections.

The 2019 general elections are the sixth in the nation since 1999, the year Nigeria returned to democratic rule, and the first since the All Progressives Congress ousted the Peoples Democratic Party from power after it held sway for 16 years.

A total of 73 candidates are in the presidential race, according to INEC, including incumbent President, Muhammadu Buhari, and a former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who are the front line flag bearers.

The National Assembly election has hundreds of candidates across 91 registered political parties jostling for the 109 available seats in the Senate and the 360 spots in the House of Representatives.

After an intriguing period of political drama and campaigning, heralded by defections and war of words, and the postponement of polls by a week, it is time for Nigerians to give their verdict.

In all, 84,004,084 citizens registered for the elections, 72,755,502 of that number have Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) and are expected to vote in the 119,973 polling units spread across the 36 states and the nation’s capital Abuja.

Nigeria Decides: Buhari gets zero vote in Ekweremadu’s ward.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has cleared all votes cast at the two polling units at Amachalla Primary School Mpu, in Aninri Local Government Area of Enugu State.

Mpu is the country home of the Deputy Senate President and PDP Senatorial candidate for Enugu West, Senator Ike Ekweremadu.

The Senator’s people delivered 100 percent of the votes cast for the PDP Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and the House of Representatives, Toby Okechukwu, with the All Progressives Congress, APC scoring zero.

There was wild celebration by the youths as INEC officials concluded counting of the votes.

Speaking to newsmen shortly after the counting of votes, a PDP stakeholder from the community, Mr. Bright Ekweremadu said it was expected because it is the Deputy President of the Senate’s ward and “so we don’t expect any other party to come in.

“For this community, we are overwhelmed, we are happy, it’s a sign that our Senator is representing us well and we are happy with him and the only way to pay him back is to cast our votes for him. And we have done that not only for Senate but the Presidency and House of Reps.”

Newsmen report that out of the 499 valid votes cast, PDP scored 468 votes for Presidency, 490 for Senate and 492 for House of Reps. Other parties scored zero