Nigeria: Buhari Defeats Atiku in Kano With Over One Million Votes

26 February 2019

President Muhammadu Buhari has won all the 44 local government areas of Kano State with 1.4 million votes.

The INEC collation officer for the presidential election in Kano, Magaji Garba, announced that Mr Buhari scored 1,464,768 (78.9 per cent) of the total votes cast to beat the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, who polled 391,593 (21.1 per cent).

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