Can this be true? The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) reportedly defeated President Goodluck Jonathan in the elections conducted inside the Presidential Villa ‘Aso Rock‘ in Abuja, according to reports by Punch and Vanguard newspapers.
The Punch report reads:
“There are two polling units-Unit 021 and 022-located side-by-side within the premises of the seat of power. Buhari polled a total of 613 votes in the two polling units while Jonathan scored a total of 595 votes.
At Unit 021, Jonathan beat Buhari to second position with 293 votes while the APC candidate scored 265 votes. At the second polling booth, Unit 022, Buhari emerged winner with 348 votes while Jonathan polled 302.
For the Senatorial election in Unit 021, PDP polled 286 votes to beat APC with 260. In Unit 022, APC polled 337 votes while PDP scored 281 votes.
For the House of Representatives election in Unit 022, APC polled 334 to beat PDP to distant second with 241 votes. For Unit 021 however, it was a close contest between APC that won with 255 votes and PDP that polled 254.
A total of 575 voters were accredited out of the 2,181 registered voters for Unit 021 while 770 voters were accredited out of the 2,278 voters registered for Unit 022.”
