Official results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja shows that the APC candidate, President Muhammadu Buhari has taken the lead in the 2019 race for the Presidency of the country.

A total of 73 presidential candidates are participating in the election which began on Saturday.

Collation Officers from 11 states and the FCT have so far submitted their results to INEC as at the early hours of Tuesday.

Here is a summary of the result so far:

STATES

APC

PDP

1

EKITI

219,213

154,034

2

OSUN

347,634

337,377

3

FCT

152,224

259,997

4

NASARAWA

289,903

283,847

5

KWARA

308,984

138,184

6

KOGI

285,894

218,207

7

GOMBE

402,961

138,484

8

ONDO

241,769

275,901

9

ABIA

85,058

219,698

10

YOBE

497,914

50,763

11

ENUGU

54,423

355,553

12

EBONYI

90,726

258,573

TOTAL

2,976,703

2,690,618
Collation Officers from the remaining 25 states are still being expected to arrive at the INEC Collation Centre at the International Conference Centre.

The Nation