Atiku wins Enugu, Buhari fails to secure 25 percent | Nairalaw

PRESIDENTIAL candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has polled a total of 355,553 votes to beat
the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, President Muhammadu
Buhari who secured 54,423 votes in Enugu state.

Announcing the results at the state collation office, the state
Presidential collation officer and Vice Chancellor of Nnamdi
Azikiwe University, Prof Joseph Ahaneku stated that out of 1.9
registered voters in the state, only 452,765 were accredited for
the election.

He also noted that the total number of votes cast in the state
was 451,063; with valid votes as 421,014 while rejected votes were
30049.

He refused to announce any political party as winner in the
state, saying we was transferring the result to the returning
officer in Abuja.

The result was announced with the state Resident Electoral
Commissioner, Dr Emeka Ononamadu sitting beside the collation
officer.

Reacting to the result, the Director General of Voice of
Nigeria, Osita Okechukwu said that even though the APC could not
secure 25 percent of votes cast in the state, both members of the
APC and the PDP constituted impediment to such realisation.

Okechukwu said that the APC has made improvement in votes
catchment in other states such as in Nassarawa.

APC 54,423
PDP 355,553

Total no. of votes 451,063
Accredited voters 452,765
Invalid votes 30,049

Announced by the State collation officer, Prof. Joseph
Ahaneku.