Atiku Abubakar defeats Tinubu in Buhari’s home state, Katsina

In Buhari’s home state of Katsina, Atiku defeats Tinubu.

Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, has defeated All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Bola Tinubu in Katsina State.

Muazu Abubakar, the Katsina State Returning Officer, announced the results.

Katsina is the home state of President Muhammadu Buhari, an APC member. It is also the home state of Ibrahim Masari, the APC’s vice presidential candidate.

 

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Mr Abubakar stated that Atiku received 489,045 votes to Mr Tinubu’s 482, 283 votes, a difference of 6,762. New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) candidate Rabiu Kwankwaso received 69,386 votes.

Despite Mr Tinubu’s victory in 21 local government areas, Atiku, who won in 13 of them, defeated the APC candidate. The state is divided into 34 local government areas.

Although the former governor of Lagos State won in the local government areas of Daura, Kafur, and Dutsi, where Messrs Buhari, Masari, and Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika are from, it was not enough to secure victory over Atiku in the state.

Mr Buhari (Daura), Aminu Masari (Kafur), and Hadi Sirika (Dutsi), Minister of Aviation, Mr Tinubu, all failed to win the state.

Atiku, an Adamawa State native, had frequently referred to Katsina State as his second home because of his friendship with the late Shehu Yar’adu’a, a retired major general who introduced him to politics.

 

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Atiku received 45,390 votes in Katsina metropolis, where Mr Yar’adua was born, while Mr Tinubu received 15, 953 votes.

Below is the breakdown of the votes for APC and PDP according to local government areas:

MATAZU LGA

APC – 12008

PDP – 9644

 

KAITA LGA

APC: 14,595

PDP: 11,793

 

MUSAWA LGA

APC- 14,360

PDP- 10603

 

INGAWA LGA

APC- 12,315

PDP- 12,152

 

CHARANCI LGA

APC- 12,779

PDP- 8020

 

DUTSI LGA

APC- 9258

PDP- 8074

 

BATSARI LGA

APC 7,017

PDP 8,889

 

SANDAMU LGA

APC – 13681

PDP – 10434

 

ƊANDUME LGA

APC – 15062

PDP – 10718

 

MASHI LGA

APC – 12868

PDP – 16085

 

DANMUSA LGA

APC – 11259

PDP – 7294

 

RIMI LGA

APC – 16759

PDP – 15318

 

KURFI LGA

APC 11203

PDP 12528

 

BATAGARAWA LGA

APC 13950

PDP 16987

 

DUTSINMA LGA

APC 13233

PDP 17917

 

KUSADA LGA

APC- 7,442

PDP- 10,990

 

MAI’ADUA LGA

APC- 19,098

PDP- 14,096

 

BINDAWA lGA

APC- 16,578

PDP- 12, 582

 

KANKIYA LGA

APC- 10,658

PDP- 17,426

 

BAURE LGA

APC- 21,661

PDP- 16,820

 

KANKARA LGA

APC- 14,456

PDP- 22,035

 

MANI LGA

APC- 14,334

PDP- 18, 998

 

ZANGO LGA

APC- 13,891

PDP- 10,791

 

DANJA LGA

APC- 16,202

PDP- 14,004

 

BAKORI LGA

APC- 15036

PDP- 20,070

 

FASKARI LGA

APC- 17,180

PDP- 15,667

 

JIBIA LGA

APC- 10690

PDP- 13,761

 

KAFUR LGA

APC- 23,517

PDP- 13,167

 

DAURA LGA

APC- 16,889

PDP- 12,913

 

KATSINA LGA

APC- 15,953

PDP- 45,390

 

SABUWA LGA

APC- 10,207

PDP- 7287

 

SAFANA LGA.

APC- 7,683

PDP- 7,989

 

MALUMFASHI LGA

APC- 21,008

PDP- 19,892

 

FUNTUA LGA

APC- 19,453

PDP- 18,711