Buhari Leads in 13 Niger LGAs

At the end of the first session of the collation of results for the presidential elections in Niger, President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressive Congress (APC) is leading in 13 local government areas.

The collation, which was suspended at about 3am on Monday morning, is expected to resume 11 am.

Other local government areas are expected to have arrived before then.

The results announced include:

Munya LGA

APC – 13, 717

PDP – 8,530

Edati LGA

APC – 15,961

PDP – 8,168

Bosso LGA

APC – 29,093

PDP – 9,282

Katcha LGA

APC – 16,107

PDP – 5,668

Gurara

APC – 14,377

PDP – 10,210

Rafi LGA

APC – 31,661

PDP – 7,029

Suleja LGA

APC – 30,401

PDP – 17,806

Tafa LGA

APC – 15,176

PDP – 12,778

Agwara

APC – 8,811

PDP – 5,587

Magama

APC – 22,529

PDP – 10,531

Paikoro LGA

APC – 24,690

PDP – 12,494

Chanchaga LGA

APC – 46,886

PDP – 14,220

Shiroro LGA

APC – 29,213

PDP – 10,215