Atiku In Early Lead In Eight Kaduna LGs, Obi Wins Three

 

Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party has taken the lead in Kaduna state after winning five out of the eight Local Government Areas declared so far in the Saturday’s presidential election.

 

The LGAs won by Atiku are Giwa, Makarfi, Kaduna South, Kauru and Lere, all in the Northern part of the state.

 

Atiku is closely followed by the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, who has won three local government areas in the southern part of the state. They include, Kaura, Kajuru and Jaba.

 

Of the eight LGAs declared so far, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, had yet to win in a single local government area.

 

Giwa Local Government Area, Kaduna 

 

 

APC -19,922

 

PDP – 22,302

 

LP – 565

 

Registered voters – 149,456

 

Valid votes – 46,435

 

Rejected Votes – 1,662

 

 

APC – 1,847

 

LP – 25,744

 

PDP – 7,847

 

Valid votes – 36,222

 

Rejected Votes – 694

 

Total votes cast- 36,916

 

Kajuru LGA

 

 

APC – 3,940

 

PDP – 9,253

 

LP – 14,875

 

Valid votes – 29,839

 

Rejected Votes – 30,639