Nigeria Decides: Atiku loses his own polling unit to Buhari

Presidential hopeful, Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has lost his own polling unit to his rival, President Muhammadu Buhari.

President Buhari secured 186 votes to defeat Atiku Abubakar, who got 167 votes.

Premium Times reports that “Atiku’s loyalists were quick to play up the figure as a remarkable showing for their candidate, despite its closeness, saying the unit has been historically won by Mr Buhari, who has stood in every presidential election since 2003.”