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Buhari wins presidential poll in Ogun

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Muhammadu Buhari, former Nigerian military ruler and presidential candidate for the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) speaks during an interview with Reuters at a private residence in Lagos February 19, 2011. Buhari, the main opposition candidate in Nigeria's presidential election, said he was optimistic it would be a more credible race than in the past but warned events in north Africa showed people would no longer accept a rigged vote. Picture taken February 19, 2011. To match Interview NIGERIA-BUHARI/ REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: POLITICS HEADSHOT)
President Muhammadu Buhari, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Saturday’s presidential election, has won in Ogun State.
Prof. Joseph Adeola-Fuwape, the State Collation Officer for the presidential election, announced at the Independent National Electoral Commission headquarters in Abeokuta on Monday that Buhari scored 281,762 votes.
Adeola-Fuwape, who is the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, said Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, scored 194,655 votes.
He said the total number of registered voters was 2,336,887, while the total number of accredited voters was 613,397.
Adeola-Fuwape added that the number of valid votes was 564,256, while 41,682 votes were rejected.
He also said the total number of votes cast was 605,938.
A breakdown of the result announced on local government basis as announced by local government collation officers showed  that Buhari won in 14 of the 20 council areas in the state, while Abubakar won in the remaining six council areas.
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