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Atiku Says APC Election Victory Shows The Power Of Social Media
by Deji Abiodun
Nigeria’s Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and a Chieftain of Nigeria’s ruling party, All Progressives Congress, APC, has said the victory of its party at the polls shows how powerful social media is.
The Former Vice President who was also the Presidential Candidate of the party said young Nigerians now have the power to elect public servants in and out of office following the defeat of incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
This election victory for the APC shows how powerful social media could be for Africa. Young people, you now have the power.
— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) April 1, 2015
APC’s Muhammadu Buhari has won the 2015 presidential elections!
It was a really close race between PDP candidate, President Goodluck Jonathan and Buhari. Here are the results broken down by state:
Ekiti: APC – 120,331 | PDP – 176,466
Ogun: APC – 308,290 | PDP – 207,950
Enugu: APC – 14,157 | PDP – 553,003
Kogi: APC – 264,851 | PDP – 149,987
Osun: APC – 383,603 | PDP – 249,929
Ondo: APC – 299,889 | PDP – 251,368
FCT: APC – 146,399 | PDP – 157,195
Oyo: APC – 528,620 | PDP – 303,376
Nasarawa: APC – 236, 838 | PDP – 273, 460
Enugu: APC – 14,157| PDP – 553,003
Kano: APC – 1,903,999 | PDP – 215,779
Jigawa: APC – 885,988 | PDP – 142,904
Katsina: APC – 1,345,441 | PDP – 98,937
Kwara: APC – 302, 146 | PDP – 132, 602
Kaduna: APC – 1,127,760 | PDP – 484,085
Anambra: PDP – 660,762 | APC – 17,926
Abia: PDP – 368,303 | APC – 13,394
Akwa Ibom: PDP – 953,304 | APC – 58,411
Imo: PDP – 559,185 | APC – 133,253
Plateau: PDP – 549,615 | APC – 429,140
Ebonyi: APC – 19,518 | PDP – 323,653
Niger: APC – 657,678 | PDP – 149,222
Lagos: APC – 792,460 | PDP – 632,327
Bayelsa: APC – 5,194 | PDP – 361,209
Gombe: APC – 361,245 | PDP – 96,873
Cross River: APC – 28,368 | PDP – 414,863
Rivers: APC – 69,238 | PDP – 1,487, 075
Adamawa: APC – 374,701 | PDP – 251,664
Zamfara: APC – 612,202 | PDP – 144, 833
Kebbi: APC – 567,883 | PDP – 100,972
Benue: APC – 373,961 | PDP – 303,737
Bauchi: APC – 931,598 | PDP – 86,085
Yobe: APC – 446, 265 | PDP – 25,526
Edo: APC – 208,469 | PDP – 286,869
Taraba: APC – 261,326 | PDP – 310,800
Sokoto: APC – 671,926 | PDP – 152,199
Delta: APC – 48,910 | PDP – 1,211,405