Nigeria Decides 2023: How Atiku defeats Tinubu in Buhari, Sirika’s Katsina State

Nigeria Decides 2023: How Atiku defeats Tinubu in Buhari, Sirika’s Katsina State

Atiku won in 13 local government areas polling a total of 489,045 to defeat Tinubu who won in 21 areas getting 482,283 leaving a difference of 6,752 in Katsina State, as Nigeria Decides 2023.

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has beaten his closest rival Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Katsina State.

The result was announced by Muazu Abubakar, the Katsina State Returning Officer.

Katsina is the home state of President Muhammadu Buhari, a member of the rulling APC. It is also the home state of Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika.

The INEC state REC said Rabiu Kwankwaso of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) also polled 69,386 votes.

Although Tinubu won in 21 local government areas, Atiku, who won in only 13 areas emerged victorious. Katsina state has 34 local government areas.

Although the former governor of Lagos State won in Daura, Kafur and Dutsi local government areas where Messrs Buhari, Masari and Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika, hail from, it was not enough to secure victory over Atiku in the state.

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Mr Buhari (Daura), state governor, Aminu Masari (Kafur) and minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika (Dutsi), yet, Tinubu failed to win the state by a slight margin.

Atiku, an indigene of Adamawa State, had repeatedly referred to Katsina State as his second home because of his relationship with the late Shehu Yar’adu’a, a retired major general, who introduced him to politics.

In Katsina metropolis, where Yar’adua hailed from, Atiku got 45,390 while Tinubu got 15, 953.

Below is the breakdown of the votes for APC and PDP per LG areas:

MATAZU LGA

APC – 12008
PDP – 9644

KAITA LGA

APC: 14,595
PDP: 11,793

MUSAWA LGA
APC- 14,360
PDP- 10603

INGAWA LGA

APC- 12,315
PDP- 12,152

CHARANCI LGA

APC- 12,779
PDP- 8020

DUTSI LGA

APC- 9258
PDP- 8074

BATSARI LGA

APC 7,017
PDP 8,889

SANDAMU LGA

APC – 13681
PDP – 10434

ƊANDUME LGA

APC – 15062
PDP – 10718

MASHI LGA

APC – 12868
PDP – 16085

 DANMUSA LGA

APC – 11259
PDP – 7294

RIMI LGA

APC – 16759
PDP – 15318

KURFI LGA

APC 11203
PDP 12528

BATAGARAWA LGA

APC 13950
PDP 16987

DUTSINMA LGA

APC 13233
PDP 17917

KUSADA LGA

APC- 7,442
PDP- 10,990

MAI’ADUA LGA

APC- 19,098
PDP- 14,096

BINDAWA lGA

APC- 16,578
PDP- 12, 582

KANKIYA LGA

APC- 10,658
PDP- 17,426

BAURE LGA

APC- 21,661
PDP- 16,820

KANKARA LGA

APC- 14,456
PDP- 22,035

MANI LGA

APC- 14,334
PDP- 18, 998

ZANGO LGA

APC- 13,891
PDP- 10,791

DANJA LGA

APC- 16,202
PDP- 14,004

BAKORI LGA

APC- 15036
PDP- 20,070

FASKARI LGA

APC- 17,180
PDP- 15,667

JIBIA LGA

APC- 10690
PDP- 13,761

KAFUR LGA

APC- 23,517
PDP- 13,167

DAURA LGA

APC- 16,889
PDP- 12,913

KATSINA LGA

APC- 15,953
PDP- 45,390

SABUWA LGA

APC- 10,207
PDP- 7287

SAFANA LGA.

APC- 7,683
PDP- 7,989

MALUMFASHI LGA

APC- 21,008
PDP- 19,892

FUNTUA LGA

APC- 19,453
PDP- 18,711