Presidential poll: Atiku defeats Tinubu in Osun
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Atiku polled a total of 354,366 votes to defeat Tinubu who polled 343,945 votes.
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has won the presidential election in Osun State.
Atiku defeated the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu by winning in 20 out of the 30 local government areas in the state, leaving Tinubu with only 10.
Atiku polled a total of 354,366 votes to defeat Tinubu who polled 343,945 votes.
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, came third in the race with a total of 23,283 votes followed by Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) who scored 713 votes.
The total figures were announced by the INEC State Collation Officer, Prof. Folashade Ogunsola.
According to Ogunsola, the total votes cast were 756744 out of which 733,203 votes were considered valid votes while a total of 23,541 votes were invalid.
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