Presidency: Names, Results of States Atiku Defeated Tinubu, Obi
- Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of the PDP in the just concluded presidential election, was the first runner-up in the poll with total votes of 6,984,520
- The former vice president came behind Bola Tinubu, the ruling APC candidate, who garnered 8,794,726 votes to emerge as the winner in the election
- During the poll, Atiku, who came second, was able to defeat his opponents in 12 of the 36 states, the same number of states that Tinubu won
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The 2023 presidential election has been concluded, and Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared the winner of the poll.
Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is the first runner-up in the election, defeating Tinubu and the rival behind him, Peter Obi, the torchbearer of the Labour Party in the election.
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The former vice president stood shoulder to shoulder with the winner of the election, Bola Tinubu, as he won the same 12 states with him as monitored on Channels Television in the early hours of Wednesday, February 1.
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Atiku had polled 6,984,520 votes to become first runner-up behind Bola Tinubu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who garnered 8,794,726 votes to emerge the winner of the election.
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The PDP, Labour Party and New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) had called for the cancellation of the election during the collation and counting, in which Tinubu was already taking the lead, but the electoral body continued with its job.
Below is the list of states Atiku defeated Tinubu and Obi in the election.
| State | Number Votes |
| Taraba | 189,017 |
| Sokoto | 288,679 |
| Kebbi | 285,175 |
| Kaduna | 554,360 |
| Bayelsa | 68,818 |
| Bauchi | 426,607 |
| Akwa Ibom | 214,012 |
| Katsina | 489,045 |
| Adamawa | 417,611 |
| Gomber | 319,123 |
| Yobe | 198,567 |
| Osun | 354,366 |
Atiku holds "a frank and fruitful meeting" with ex-South African President, others
Legit.ng earlier reported that Atiku Abubakar, the PDP candidate in the recently concluded presidential election, has received the envoy of the Commonwealth Observation Mission to Nigeria's 2023 election.
The team were led by the former President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, just a day after INEC announced APC's Bola Tinubu as the winner of the poll.
Atiku is the first running-up in the election with 6,984,520 votes, while Tinubu garnered 8,794,726 votes to emerge as the winner.
Source: Legit.ng
