The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has won President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Aminu Masari local government area in Katsina State.
While Mr. Buhari is from Daura LGA, Mr. Masari is from Kafur LGA.
The president and governor are members of the APC.
In Daura, Mr. Tinubu polled 16,889 ahead of Atiku Abubakar who got 12,913 while Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) got 2,368. LP polled 28 votes.
In Kafur, Mr. Tinubu got 23,517 votes to defeat Atiku who got 13,167 and Mr. Kwankwaso got 4,448. Peter Obi of LP got 2,285 votes.
The APC candidate has so far won 18 local government areas while his main rival, Atiku won 11 of the 29 areas he collected.
The country has 34 local government areas.
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