#NigeriaDecides: Atiku Floors Tinubu, Peter Obi In Osun, PDP Declared Final Winner

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has been declared the winner of the February 25 presidential election in Osun State.

Atiku was declared the winner on Sunday ahead of other candidates by the INEC State Collation Officer, Prof Folashade Ogunsola.

The PDP candidate with a total of 354,366 votes, won in 20 local government areas.

His closest rival, Bola Tinubu, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), scored 343,945 votes and won in 10 local governments, the Labour Party (LP) flagbearer, Peter Obi, came third in the race with a total of 23,283 votes followed by Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) who scored 713 votes.

The total votes cast were 756744. and a total of 733,203 votes were considered valid votes while a total of 23,541 votes were rejected.