Politics Nigeria Elections: Jonathan Gets 34% as Buhari Wins Kogi

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Nigeria - The All Progressives Congress' General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) was on Monday morning announced the winner of the March 28 Presidential elections in Kogi State, PUNCH reports.

According to the State Collation Officer, Prof. Adikwu Michael, who is the Vice Chancellor of the University of Abuja, Gen. Buhari polled 264,851 of the total votes cast – 439,287- to defeat President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party, who had 149,987 votes.

The collation, which began on Sunday evening and ended around 4am on Monday morning, saw Buhari win in 15 of the 21 Local Government Areas of the state to poll 60.3 per cent of the total votes while Jonathan could only manage victory in six Local Governments and has 34.1 per cent of the votes cast.

Of the 1, 348, 956 voters registered in the state, 476, 839 were accredited to vote while 439, 287 votes were cast with 17, 959 of them rejected.

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