President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has won the presidential election in Kogi State.
Results from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) show that Buhari got 285,894 votes to defeat his main challenger, Atiku Abubakar, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who polled 218,207 votes.
The presidential results declared by the Kogi State collation officer, Prof Michael Adikwu, of the University of Abuja, showed that Buhari won in 14 out of the 21 LGAs of the state while Atiku won in seven.
Buhari defeated Atiku with a margin of 67,687 votes.
