Nigeria’s main opposition leader from the All Progressive Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari has taken a commanding lead in the country’s polls, certified results from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has shown.
INEC has so far certified results of 35 and one federal state out of the 36 states.
| NO. | State | APC | PDP |
| 1. | Ogun | 308,290 | 207,950 |
| 2. | Osun | 383,603 | 249,929 |
| 3. | Ekiti | 120,331 | 176,466 |
| 4. | Ondo | 299,889 | 251,368 |
| 5. | Enugu | 14,157 | 553,003 |
| 6. | Kogi | 264,851 | 149,987 |
| 7. | Oyo | 528,620 | 303,376 |
| 8. | FTC | 146,399 | 157,195 |
| 9. | Nasawara | 236,838 | 273,460 |
| 10. | Kano | 1,903,999 | 215,779 |
| 11. | Jigawa | 885,988 | 142,904 |
| 12. | Katsina | 1,345,441 | 98,937 |
| 13. | Kwara | 302,146 | 132,602 |
| 14. | Kaduna | 1,127,760 | 484,085 |
| 15. | Anambra | 17,926 | 660,762 |
| 16. | Abia | 13,394 | 368,303 |
| 17. | Akwa Ibom | 58,411 | 953,304 |
| 18. | Imo | 133,253 | 559,185 |
| 19. | Plateau | 429,140 | 549,615 |
| 20. | Ebonyi | 19,518 | 323,653 |
| 21. | Niger | 657,678 | 149,222 |
| 22. | Lagos | 792,460 | 632,327 |
| 23. | Bayelsa | 5,194 | 361,209 |
| 24. | Gombe | 361,245 | 96,873 |
| 25. | Cross River | 28,368 | 414,863 |
| 26. | Rivers | 69,238 | 1,487,075 |
| 27. | Adamawa | 374,701 | 251,664 |
| 28. | Zamfara | 612,202 | 144, 833 |
| 29. | Kebbi | 567,883 | 100,972 |
| 30. | Benue | 373,961 | 303,737 |
| 31. | Bauchi | 931,598 | 86,085 |
| 32. | Yobe | 446,265 | 25,526 |
| 33. | Edo | 208,469 | 286,869 |
| 34. | Taraba | 261,326 | 310,800 |
| 35. | Sokoto | 671,926 | 152,199 |
| 36. | Delta | 48,910 | 1,211,405 |
| TOTAL | 14,951,378 | 12,682,689 |
By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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