
Nathaniel Zaccheaus, Abuja
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Adamu, lost his polling unit to Labour Party on Saturday.
Adamu, who cast his vote at the Angwan Rimi Ward Polling Unit 010 Keffi GRA, Nasarawa State at 1:30pm failed to deliver the highest number of votes for the presidential candidate of his party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
The LP candidate, Mr. Peter Obi scored 132 votes while the Tinubu followed with 85 votes.
The results of the other positions are, Senatorial – APC (55), PDP (22), LP (42), NNPP (4), SDP (184), ADC (1), ZLP (3), while invalid votes were seven (7).
House of Representatives: APC (46), PDP (41), LP (30), NNPP (4), AA (21), SDP (159), ADC (2), APGA (1), while invalid votes were sixteen (16).
RESULTS: Obi floor Tinubu in Ajeromi-Ifelodun
Speaking with journalists, after he cast his ballot, Adamu, expressed satisfaction over the turnout of voters in the Presidential and National Assembly elections held on Saturday.
He said, “The fact that the people defied the hardship occasioned by the naira and fuel scarcity is an indication that people were enthusiastic to elect their preferred leader.”
He also expressed happiness with the security arrangements put in place by the Nigeria Police Force in collaboration with the military and other agencies.
The APC National Chairman said his party would win the election based on the competence of its candidate and the impressive performances of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s eight-year administration.
He said, “The turnout of the voters is highly impressive inspire of the problems of fuel and naira scarcity. I never thought the people would come out like this.
“The APC candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, will win the election going by all the indications on ground and enthusiasm of Nigerians to return the APC to government again.”
Similarly, the Commissioner of Police, Nasarawa State Command, Maiyaki Muhammed Baba, told journalists that the state was generally peaceful as there was no case of violence from any of the three senatorial districts.
He said, “So far, we’ve visited Nasarawa – Eggon, Akwanga and Lafia among other places. All the security agencies are on ground and there was no case of any ugly incidence
“We have about 7, 000 uniformed men on ground and they have been very efficient. No case of rigging or vote buying from any where.”



