Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, defeated Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar in Niger state’s Suleja Local Government Area (LGA).
Dr. Hussaini Musa, an official with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), confirmed this.
Obi received 16,978 votes in the ten electoral wards, compared to 15,917 for the All Progressives Congress candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
With 11,968 votes, Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) finished third.
The Suleja LGA with 10 wards had 149,088 registered voters while 50,358 were accredited for the election.
A total of 49,850 votes were cast out of which 42,028 were valid while 1,822 were invalid.
Meanwhile, the APC won the Niger East Senatorial seat with 18,805 votes. The PDP came second, polling 14,525 votes while LP received 13, 407 votes.