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Atiku wins presidential election in Osun state

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has won the Presidential election in Osun State with a total of 354,366 votes to defeat his closest rival, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who scored 343,945 votes.

Penpushing reports that the Osun State Collation Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Folashade Ogunsola who announced the results said Atiku won in 20 local government areas, while Tinubu won in 10 local governments.

The results also showed that the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, came third with a total of 23,283 votes and followed by Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) who polled 713 votes.

Penpushing further reports that the collation officer, said the total votes cast were 756744, while disclosing that a total of 733,203 votes were considered valid votes while a total of 23,541 votes were rejected.

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