Politics

#NigeriaDecides2019: Donald Duke loses polling unit (See result)

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5 years ago

February 23, 2019

The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party and former governor of Cross River State , Mr Donald Duke , has lost in his polling unit in the presidential election .
He scored only six votes while the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party , Atiku Abubakar won by 291 votes .

The APC candidate, President Muhammadu Buhari got 98 votes .

There was wild jubilation when the results were announced at about 6 pm at the Ward 5 , Unit 5 polling unit at Diamond Hill , Calabar.

The South South National Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress , Ntufam Hilliard Etta , also lost in that unit as PDP also won the Senatorial and House of Representatives elections .

PDP won the Senatorial election by 207 votes while APC got 193 votes .

PDP won the House of Representatives election by 215 votes while APC got 140 votes and SDP got six votes .