BREAKDOWN: How President Buhari cruised to victory in Ogun State Presidential polls
President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress won 14 out of the 20 local government areas in Ogun State with a score 281,762 votes while his counterpart Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party had 194,655 votes after winning six areas.
Professor Adeola-Fuwape, Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Akure disclosed at Independent Electoral Commission national collation centre that the total number of registered voters in the state was 2,336,887 while the total number of accredited voters was 613,397.
He added that the number of valid votes was 564,256and the total number of votes cast was 605, 938 while 41,682 votes were rejected.
Below is the breakdown of how each of the 20 LGAs voted
IFO LG – APC: 23,895 PDP: 8,968
ADO ODO OTA LG – APC: 34,148 PDP: 20,352
ABEOKUTA SOUTH LG – APC: 26,462 PDP: 13,853
IKENNE LG – APC:10,283 PDP: 8,708
OBAFEMI OWODE LG – APC:16,243 PDP: 7,938
EGBADO SOUTH LG – APC: 12,934 PDP: 10,709
OGUN WATERSIDE LG – APC: 6,889 PDP:8,262
IMEKO AFON LG – APC:6,425 PDP:6,689
SAGAMU LG – APC : 20,875 PDP:16,532
ABEOKUTA NORTH LG – APC: 22,044 PDP: 7,528
ODEDA LG – APC: 10,049 PDP:4,995
REMO NORTH LG – APC: 5,659 PDP:6,269
IJEBU NORTH EAST LG – APC: 6,435 PDP: 5,149
IJEBU ODE LG – APC: 12,850 PDP: 7,253
EWEKORO LG – APC :10,060 PDP:5101
IJEBU NORTH LG – APC: 13,974 PDP: 16,196
ODOGBOLU LG – APC: 10, 130 PDP: 10, 137
IPOKIA LG – APC: 14686 PDP: 12313
YEWA NORTH LG – APC: 10434 PDP: 10388
IJEBU EAST LG – APC: 7287 PDP: 7315
Following his victory in the Gateway State, the incumbent President went ahead to win his re-election after polling 15,191,847 votes across the nation to defeat his closest rival Alhaji Atiku Abubakar who gathered 11,262,978 with a margin of 3,928,869 votes.
