{"id":5360,"date":"2019-02-25T17:26:10","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T17:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=5360"},"modified":"2019-02-25T17:26:10","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T17:26:10","slug":"atiku-defeats-buhari-in-ebonyi-by-wide-margin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/atiku-defeats-buhari-in-ebonyi-by-wide-margin","title":{"rendered":"Atiku defeats Buhari in Ebonyi by wide margin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has defeated President Muhammadu Buhari in Ebonyi State in the Saturday\u2019s presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>The result was announced by officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from the 13 Local Government Areas in the state.<\/p>\n<p>See breakdown of the votes polled by both the APC and the PDP below:<\/p>\n<p>Abakaliki<br \/>\nAPC- 8202<br \/>\nPDP- 18410<\/p>\n<p>Izzi<br \/>\nAPC-9885<br \/>\nPDP- 23760<\/p>\n<p>Ohaukwu<br \/>\nAPC-10,396<br \/>\nPDP-22,281<\/p>\n<p>Onicha<br \/>\nAPC- 2972<br \/>\nPDP- 28239<\/p>\n<p>Ishielu<br \/>\nAPC- 7308<br \/>\nPDP- 23207<\/p>\n<p>Ohaozara<br \/>\nAPC 2, 058<br \/>\nPDP 33, 651<\/p>\n<p>Afikpo North<br \/>\nAPC 5,356<br \/>\nPDP 20, 070<\/p>\n<p>Ivo local<br \/>\nAPC 1, 945<br \/>\nPDP 12,471<\/p>\n<p>Afikpo South<br \/>\nAPC 6391<br \/>\nPDP 12181<\/p>\n<p>Ezza North<br \/>\nAPC 4719<br \/>\nPDP 12840<\/p>\n<p>Ezza South<br \/>\nAPC 4960<br \/>\nPDP 17724<\/p>\n<p>Ebonyi<br \/>\nAPC-5766<br \/>\nPDP-17472<\/p>\n<p>Ikwo<br \/>\nAPC- 20768<br \/>\nPDP- 16267<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has defeated President Muhammadu Buhari in Ebonyi State in the Saturday\u2019s presidential election. 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