{"id":15606,"date":"2019-02-23T16:28:20","date_gmt":"2019-02-23T16:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=15606"},"modified":"2019-02-23T16:28:20","modified_gmt":"2019-02-23T16:28:20","slug":"buhari-wins-tinubus-polling-unit-sanwo-olu-falls-to-atiku-narrowly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=15606","title":{"rendered":"Buhari wins Tinubu\u2019s polling unit, Sanwo-Olu falls to Atiku narrowly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Muhammadu Buhari won the polling unit in Alausa, Ikeja, where his party\u2019s National leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu cast his ballot earlier today.<br \/>\nThe Polling Unit 047, Ward 3, at Sunday Adigun, Alausa, in Ikeja, gave Buhari 121 votes. Abubakar Atiku, the opposition candidate got 53 votes.<br \/>\nIn the Senatorial election, All Progressives Congress candidate, scored 134 votes to defeat PDP, which polled 46 votes.<br \/>\nIn the House Representatives election, APC got 124 votes while PDP scored 45 votes.<br \/>\nHowever, in Femi Okunnu polling unit in Ikoyi, where the APC governorship candidate Babajide Sanwo-Olu voted, Atiku narrowly edged President Buhari 52 votes to 48.<br \/>\nIn an interview with newsmen before voting, Tinubu said he would accept the result of the presidential election even if it did not go the way of the party.<br \/>\nHe said that the will of the electorate must be respected, adding that as a true democrat, free and fair elections must be protected.<br \/>\nTinubu was, however, upbeat about his party\u2019s chances of winning the elections.<br \/>\n\u201cIf my party is voted out in this election, I will accept it because it is the people\u2019s verdict, that is their decision. Any democrat that cannot accept a result from a free and fair election is not worthy of that name.<br \/>\n\u201cAs a true democrat, you must be able to accept the results of a free and fair election.<br \/>\n\u201cMy hope and determination of my party is that we are winning this election because we have the support of the masses and if you look at our rallies, it is an indication of our party\u2019s popularity that we are the populace.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are not talking about the elites or those that are rich, but the poor masses, farmers, traders, artisans and the common man who seek for continuity,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nTinubu, however, rated the conduct of the elections as successful so far, adding that though elections were expensive, yet it remained the best way of choosing leaders.<br \/>\n\u201cThe election has been successful so far, so good. It has demonstrated the resilience of the people and like the President has said; we have chosen the best way in a difficult way.<br \/>\n\u201cDemocracy is the toughest way of selecting a leader but the best system. With resilience of the people and strong determination we are getting there,\u201d Tinubu said.<br \/>\nBy <strong>NAN<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Muhammadu Buhari won the polling unit in Alausa, Ikeja, where his party\u2019s National leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu cast his ballot earlier today. The Polling Unit 047, Ward 3, at Sunday Adigun, Alausa, in Ikeja, gave Buhari 121 votes. Abubakar Atiku, the opposition candidate got 53 votes. In the Senatorial election, All Progressives Congress candidate, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":15344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15606\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}