Peter Obi defeats Atiku, Tinubu to win FCT Abuja

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has emerged as the winner of the presidential election in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. 


Obi defeated Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) after the summation of all six area councils in the FCT while Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), came a distant third. 


He secured 281,717 votes, Tinubu of the ruling APC polled 90,902 votes while Atiku Abubakar of the PDP got 74,199 votes. 

It was earlier reported that Obi won in the polling units around the Aso Rock, seat of power on Saturday. 

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