Former Kaduna state governor, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has secured local government for People’s Democratic Party presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar in Saturday’s presidential election.
Atiku cast his 22,098 votes in the state’s Makarfi Local Government District, defeating All Progressive Congress presidential candidate Bola tinubu, who received 13,767 votes, while Labor Party’s Peter Obi won his 759 votes.
Makarfi LGA election overseer Professor Mariam Aminu said while announcing the results Monday at his INEC headquarters along Kinshasa Road in Kaduna that the council has 118,150 registered voters, of which he has 43,888. said it was accredited for Saturday’s election.
She added that 42,046 votes were valid and 824 of her 42,870 votes were rejected. Mr. Makarfi is a former chairman of the PDP’s Board of Caretakers and a former senator to Congress, representing the northern Senate constituency for two years.
The outcomes are as follows:
Presidential
APC – 13,767
PDP – 22,098
LP – 759
Registered voters – 118,150
Accredited voters – 43,888
Valid votes – 42,046
Rejected Votes- 824
Total votes cast – 42,870