{"id":30212,"date":"2019-02-27T07:11:10","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T06:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=30212"},"modified":"2019-02-27T07:17:16","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T06:17:16","slug":"oby-ezekwesili-scores-7223-without-contesting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/oby-ezekwesili-scores-7223-without-contesting\/","title":{"rendered":"Oby Ezekwesili Scores 7,223 Without Contesting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite her pulling out of the presidential election held 23<sup>rd<\/sup> February across Nigeria, candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili polled a total of 7,223 votes.<\/p>\n<p>Ezekwesili, former Minister of Education was the candidate of the ACPN but pulled out of the rce shorly before the election.<\/p>\n<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Wednesday morning declared the full results after three days of rigorous exercise at the national collation centre, Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>After the entire exercise, incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari emerged winner, winning in 19 states and polling a total of over 15,191,847 votes. Next to Buhari is the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 11, 255,978 votes.<\/p>\n<p>INEC Chairman Professor Mahmood Yakubu\u00a0 in his announcement however stated that the certificates of return would be presented to the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari and the Vice President-elect, Professor Yemi Osinbajo in Abuja by 2pm.<\/p>\n<p>It is not certain if the opposition PDP would challenge the results of the election in court but some analysts have advised the opposition to move on and contribute to development of the nation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other known names on the result sheet include:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Obadiah Mailafia \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ADC &#8211; 97,874<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yusufu Yabagi\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ADP &#8211;\u00a0 54,930<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Donald Duke \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0SDP- 34,746<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Omoyele Sowore- \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0-AAC-33,953<\/p>\n<p>Kingsley Moghalu \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0YPP- 21,886<\/p>\n<p>Durotoye Adetokunbo Olufela \u00a0ANN -16,779<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hamza Al-Mustapha \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0P PN\u00a0 \u00a04,622<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Okotie Christopher \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0FRESH\u00a0 4,554<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to INEC, a total of 82, 344,107 voters registered for the election out of which 29,364,209 voters were accredited. 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