The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), President Muhammadu Buhari, has polled overall votes of 285,894 in Kogi to defeat his main challenger, Atiku Abubakar, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who polled 218,207 votes.

The presidential results declared by the Kogi State Collation Officer, Prof Michael Adikwu, of the University of Abuja, showed that Buhari won in 14 out of the 21 LGAs of the state while Atiku won in seven.

Daily Trust reports that Buhari led Atiku with a wide margin of 67,687 votes.

Breakdown of the result declared is as follow:

Ankpa

APC- 21,109

PDP-16,749



Bassa

APC- 7,377

PDP- 10,137



Adavi

APC-24,843

PDP-10,059



Ajaokuta

APC- 13,253

PDP- 10, 710



Ijumu

APC- 8,507

PDP- 12,423



Kogi KotonKarfe

APC- 16, 588

PDP- 10,392



Mopa-Muro

APC- 3,646

PDP-Fabola 5,336



Ibaji

APC- 13,545

PDP – 10,307



Ofu

APC- 13,171

PDP- 10,374



Lokoja

APC- 24,983

PDP- 18,351



Ogori-Magongo

APC- 2,323

PDP- 1,956



Okehi

APC- 18,222

PDP- 11,965



Okene

APC- 37,617

7,839



Olamaboro

APC- 12,229

PDP- 11, 325



Omala

APC- 8,206

PDP- 11,815



Kabba-Bunu

APC- 9,131

PDP- 14,888



Yagba East

APC- 5,687

PDP- 8,841



Yagba West

APC- 7,175

PDP- 9,419



Dekina

APC- 21,392

PDP- 10, 455



Idah

APC-9,240

PDP- 8,784



Igalamela

APC- 7,650

PDP- 6,082