Buhari wins in Niger with 612,371 votes

Muhammadu Buhari in Daura

President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Saturday’s presidential elections has scored 612,371 votes in Niger State.

Prof. Anjela Mary, the state collation officer for the presidential election, announced this at the INEC headquarters in Minna on Monday.

Mary, who is the vice-chancellor of the Federal University Lokoja, said Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) scored 218,052 votes.

She said the total number of registered voters was 2,375,568 while the total number of accredited voters was 911,964

Mary added that the number of valid votes was 851,937 while 45,039 votes were rejected.

She also said the total number of votes cast was 896,976.

Buhari won in all the 25 local councils of the state.