The leading contenders at the 2023 presidential election have started distinguishing themselves as official results have started trickling in.
From the results shared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is in the lead with the number of votes.
Eight States of the federation have been officially announced by INEC namely, Katsina, Yobe, Gombe, Ogun, Lagos, Kwara, Osun and Ondo States.
And of the eight States, APC’s candidate has won in only three of them; Kwara, Ogun and Ondo while the PDP’s candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has taken four States.
As it stands, Atiku has won Katsina, Osun, Gombe and Yobe States, amassing the most number of States but APC still has the highest number of votes.
Meanwhile, Peter Obi pulled a fast one on Tinubu in Lagos State, to defeat the former Governor as the only State being held down by the Labour Party as announced by INEC so far.
Below is a breakdown of the results officially released by INEC as at 1:41pm on Monday, 27 February, 2023:
Ondo:
APC: 369,924
LP: 44,405
NNPP: 930
PDP: 115,463
Osun:
APC: 343,945
LP: 23,283
NNPP: 713
PDP: 354,366
Kwara:
APC: 263,572
LP: 31,166
NNPP: 3,141
PDP: 136,909
Lagos:
APC: 572,606
LP: 582,664
NNPP: 8,442
PDP: 75,750
Ogun:
APC: 341,554
LP: 85,829
NNPP: 2,200
PDP: 123,831
Gombe:
APC: 146,977
LP: 26,160
NNPP: 10,520
PDP: 319,123
Yobe:
APC: 151,459
LP: 2,406
NNPP: 18,270
PDP: 198,567
Katsina:
APC: 482,283
LP: 6,376
NNPP: 69,386
PDP: 489,045
After INEC’s approval of eight States at the National Collation Centre in Abuja, these are the total number of votes by each of the top four contenders in order of ranking:
APC: 2,672,320
PDP: 1,813,054
LP: 802,289
NNPP: 113,602
