President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has won in Ogun State, scoring 281,762 votes to defeat his main challenger, Alh. Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) who polled 194, 655 votes.
While Buhari won in 14 of the 20 Local Government Areas of Ogun State, Atiku floored the President in six Local Governments.
The State Returning Officer for the Presidential election, Prof. Joseph Afuape announced Buhari the winner of the Presidential Polls conducted in the state.
Afuape, who is the Vice – Chancellor, Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) also gave total number registered voters as 2 336, 887, accredited voters as 613,397 while the valid votes cast stood at 564, 256.
According to him, 41,682 votes were rejected while the total number of votes cast stood at 605, 938.
A breakdown of the performance of the two leading candidates across the Local Governments revealed as follows:
Ijebu – Ode LGA
APC – 12,850, PDP – 7,253
Ijebu North East
APC – 6,435, PDP – 5,149
Remo North LGA
APC – 5659, PDP – 6269
Ewekoro LGA
APC – 10,060, PDP – 5,101
Odeda LGA
APC – 10,049, PDP – 4,995
Abeokuta North LGA
APC – 22, 044, PDP – 8,528
Abeokuta South LGA
APC – 26, 462, PDP – 13, 853
Sagamu LGA
APC – 20,875, PDP – 16,532
Imeko – Afon LGA
APC- 6, 425, PDP – 6,689
Yewa South LGA
APC – 12, 934, PDP – 10,709
Ogun Waterside LGA
APC – 6,889, PDP – 8,262
Obafemi Owode LGA
APC – 16, 243, PDP – 7,938
Ikenne LGA
APC – 10,283, PDP – 8,708
Ado /Odo /Ota LGA
APC – 33,348, PDP – 20,352
Ifo LGA
APC – 23, 895, PDP – 8,968
Ijebu North LGA
APC – 13, 974, PDP – 16,196
Odogbolu LGA
APC – 10,130, PDP – 10,137
Ipokia LGA
APC – 14, 686, PDP – 12,313
Yewa North LGA
APC – 10, 434, PDP – 10,388
Ijebu East LGA
APC – 7,287, PDP – 7,315
