INEC declares Buhari winner

February 27, 2019 4:17 am

At exactly 4:39am on Wednesday, Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), declared President Muhammadu Buhari winner of Saturday’s presidential election.

Atiku Abubakar, his main challenger, trailed with 11,262,978 votes.

Yakubu announced that a certificate of return will be issued to Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo at the international Conference Center (ICC).

Atiku’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the result, citing irregularities. Buhari won in 19 states, while Atiku emerged victorious in 17 states and the federal capital territory (FCT).

In 2015, Buhari scored 15, 424,921 votes to beat Goodluck Jonatha, the incumbent president, who scored 12,853,162 votes.

Below is a table on how Buhari and Atiku fared across the country:

S/N	STATES	WINNER	VOTES FOR BUHARI	VOTES FOR ATIKU
1	Abia	Abubakar	85,058	219,698
2	Osun	Buhari	347,634	337,377
3	Kogi	Buhari	285,894	218,207
4	Ekiti	Buhari	219,231	154,032
5	Ondo	Abubakar	241,769	275,901
6	Yobe	Buhari	497,914	50,763
7	Nasarawa	Buhari	289,903	283,847
8	FCT	Abubakar	152,224	259,997
9	Gombe	Buhari	402,961	138,484
10	Kwara	Buhari	308,984	138,184
11	Enugu	Abubakar	54,423	355,553
12	Ebonyi	Abubakar	90,726	258,573
13	Niger	Buhari	612,371	218,052
14	Jigawa	Buhari	794,738	289,895
15	Kaduna	Buhari	993,445	649,612
16	Anambra	Abubakar	33,298	524,738
17	Oyo	Abubakar	366,690	365,229
18	Adamawa	Abubakar	378,078	410,266
19	Bauchi	Buhari	798,428	209,313
20	Lagos	Buhari	580,825	448,015
21	Ogun	Buhari	281,762	194,655
22	Edo	Abubakar	267,842	275,691
23	Benue	Abubakar	347,668	356,817
24	Imo	Abubakar	140,463	334,923
25	Plateau	Abubakar	468,555	548,665
26	Kano	Buhari	1,464,768	391,593
27	Katsina	Buhari	1,232,133	308,056
28	Taraba	Abubakar	324,906	374,743
29	Cross River	Abubakar	117,302	295,737
30	Akwa Ibom	Abubakar	175,429	395,832
31	Borno	Buhari	836,496	71,788
32	Delta	Abubakar	221,292	594,068
33	Bayelsa	Abubakar	118,821	197,933
34	Sokoto	Buhari	490,333	361,604
35	Kebbi	Buhari	581,552	154,282
36	Zamfara	Buhari	438,682	125,423
37	Rivers	Abubakar	150,710	473,971
Total			15,191,847	11,262,978
Difference				3,928,869