2023 Polls: Bola Tinubu emerges winner in Zamfara State with 298,396 votes

The presidential candidate of the APC, Bola Tinubu, has emerged as the winner in Zamfara State, aso Naija reports 

The collation officer for Zamfara State presidential election, Professor Kashim Shehu of Federal University of Birnin Kebbi, announced the results in Gusau, the state capital, in the early hours of Tuesday.

Shehu noted that the APC’s Tinubu won 12 out of 14 Local Government Areas in the state, while Atiku Abubakar of the PDP won two.

According to the results announced Tinubu polled 298,396 votes.

He was closely followed by Atiku Abubakar of the PDP with 193,978 votes.

Other top contenders were Rabiu Kwankwaso of the NNPP who scored 4,044 votes and the Peter Obi of LP with 1,660 votes

Shehu declared that votes in 167 polling units were cancelled due to over-voting, insecurity and disruptions by thugs.

The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,879,308, while 527,137 of them were accredited for the poll.