An electoral commission official checks voting material at a polling station set up in the Shagari Day Secondary School in Yola, in Nigeria’s Adamawa State, on February 22, 2019, on the eve of general elections after the original poll was postponed last week. – President Muhammadu Buhari vowed on the eve of troubled elections that Nigerians would be able to vote in security, despite a week-long postponement and violence in the north of the country. (Photo by Luis TATO / AFP)
President Muhammadu Buhari has won six local government areas in Katsina State.
President Muhammadu Buhari and Aisha Buhari voting in Daura
The results released by the state collation officer, Professor Fatima Mukhtar, indicated that President Buhari defeated Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s candidate Atiku Abubakar in Daura, local government.
Daura LGA:
Registered voters:85,621
Accredited voters 43,818
Result
APC: 37,648.
PDP: 4,650
Valid: 42,619.
Rejected: 992
Total vote cast: 43,611
Matazu LGA:
Registered voters: 64,407
Accredited 37,869
Result:
APC- 27,625
PDP- 9,151
Valid: 36,930
Rejected: 567
Ingawa LGA
Registered voters: 80,139
Accredited: 39,571
Result:
APC- 29,230
PDP – 7,625
Valid: 37,336
Rejected: 1,825
Total vote cast: 39,161
Kurfi LGA
Registered voters: 66,163
Accredited: 36,351
Result:
APC- 25,074
PDP- 9,175
Valid: 34,672
Rejected: 1040
Total vote cast: 35,900
Cancellation 3 units: 1088 over voting.
Sandamu LGA
Registered: 70,255
Accredited: 41,663
Result:
APC- 29,221
PDP- 9,025
Valid: 38428
Rejected: 601
Total vote cast:39,029
Rimi LGA
APC-33361
PDP- 8818
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