Atiku loses his polling unit to Buhari as results flood in

PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar has been defeated by Buhari in his polling unit in Adamawa State by 186 votes to 167. Atiku, however, defeated Buhari in Aso Rock Presidential Villa in the two polling units for those living in the Presidential Villa.

No fewer than 16 persons were reportedly killed in isolated cases of violence across the country during the presidential and National Assembly elections although the polls were largely peaceful. Four persons were reportedly shot dead in Rivers State during the polls while two persons were killed in Ebonyi and three injured in a clash. In Kogi, reports said a voter and a policeman were murdered. Three persons, according to sources, died in Lagos, two of them in a ballot snatching incident. Our correspondent in Zamfara State said gunmen killed an APC Ward Chairman.