The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has been declared the winner of the presidential election held in Kebbi State last Saturday by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The former Vice President received 288,175 votes, defeating Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), who received 248,088 votes.
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), finished third with 10,682 votes, while Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples’ Party (NNPP), finished fourth with 5,038 votes.
Professor Yusuf Sa’idu, the state’s Returning Officer, confirmed this at the collation center, noting that the total number of registered voters in the state is 1,983,985, while the number of accredited voters is 599,201.
INEC Suspends Collation Of Results In Kebbi As Returning Officer Disappears
Meanwhile, INEC was forced to suspend results collation in Kebbi State earlier this month due to the disappearance of a returning officer.
WITHIN NIGERIA gathered that the returning officer for the Marafa ward in Birnin Kebbi had been missing since around 2 p.m. on Sunday.
He was asked to step aside prior to his disappearance to reconcile some discrepancies in the results figures he brought to the collation center.
However, that was the last we saw of him, with the development holding INEC officials at the collation center hostage and forcing the electoral body to suspend operations.