Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, won the Saturday contest at the Polling Unit of former Vice President Namadi Sambo in Kaduna.
Announcing the result of the unit, the presiding officer, Mrs Hajara Lawal, said Atiku’s PDP polled 207 votes defeating Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who scored 34 votes.
The PDP also won the election to the Senate with 117 votes, while the APC got 30 votes. Senator Shehu Sani of Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) scored 92 votes.
Lawal said that in the House of Representatives election in the unit, PDP got 194 votes, APC 30 votes, while PRP got 19 votes.
In a political counter attack, Buhari defeated Atiku in Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo’s polling unit in Gombe.
Mr Ahmed Makko, the Presiding Officer of Hassan Manzo 005, announced the result amidst jubilation by APC supporters.
Buhari scored 453 votes to defeat Atiku, who scored 80 votes.
However, in the senatorial election, Dankwambo won in the unit scoring 325 votes to defeat the APC candidate, Alhaji Saidu Alkali, who scored 212 for the Gombe North Senatorial seat.
Buhari’s supporters took to the streets to celebrate the victory.
