Main opposition candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Tuesday night caught up with incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in number of states won in last Saturday’s presidential ballot.

As at the time of filing this report, both gladiators were tied at 14 states each, but with Atiku trailing far behind with over 3 million votes following Buhari’s over 2-million-vote margin of win in Kano and his home state Katsina. As at the time the collation of votes taking place at the International Conference Centre Abuja, went on break at 7:05 p.m. Buhari had won 14 states and posted 12,061,230 votes as against 8,592,340 votes by Atiku.

A late rally saw Atiku bringing the number of states won up to 12, in addition to the Federal capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, which enjoys the status of a state. Akwa Ibom, whose results were to be presented on resumption of collation, also went to Atiku, thus extending his victory to 14 states. PDP has disputed the vote figures, saying that they were manipulated by the ruling APC.

States so far won by Buhari: Ekiti; Osun; Kwara; Nasarawa; Kogi; Gombe; Niger; Jigawa; Kaduna; Bauchi; Lagos; Ogun; Kano; Katsina

States so far won by Atiku: FCT Abuja; Ondo; Abia; Ebonyi; Enugu; Anambra; Oyo; Adamawa; Edo; Benue; Imo; Plateau; Akwa Ibom

NUMBER OF VOTES WON PER STATE:

EKITI STATE:Buhariwins with219,231votes as against154,032votes scored byAtiku.

OSUN STATE: Buhariwins with347,634votes as against 337,377 votes by Atiku.

FCT ABUJA: Atikuwins with259,997votes to beatBuhari, who got 152,224 votes.

KWARA STATE: Buhariwins with308,984votes as against138,184 votes byAtiku.

NASARAWA STATE: Buharinarrowly wins with289,903votes as against283,847votes byAtiku.

KOGI STATE: Buhariwins with285,894votes as against218,207votes byAtiku.

GOMBE STATE: Buhariwins with402,961votes as against138,484 votes byAtiku.

ONDO STATE: Atikuwins, garnering275,901votes to beatBuhari, who gets241,769votes.

ABIA STATE: Atikuwins, clearing219,698votes to beatBuhari, who gets85,058votes.

EBONYI STATE: Atikuwins with258,573votes as against90,726votes byBuhari.

ENUGU STATE: Atikuwins with355,553votes as against54,423votes byBuhari.

NIGER STATE: Buhariwins with612,371votes as against218,052 votes byAtiku.

JIGAWA STATE: Buhariwins with794,738votes as against289,895votes byAtiku.

KADUNA STATE: Buhariwins with993,445votes as against649,612 votes byAtiku.

ANAMBRASTATE: Atikuwins with524,738votes as against33,298 votes by Buhari.

OYOSTATE: Atikuwins with366,690votes as against365,229votes byBuhari.

ADAMAWASTATE: Atikuwins with410,266votes as against378,078 votes byBuhari.

BAUCHI STATE: Buhariwins with798,428votes as against209,313 votes byAtiku.

LAGOS STATE: Buhariwins with580,925votes as against448,015 votes byAtiku.

OGUN STATE: Buhariwins with281,762votes as against194,655 votes byAtiku.

EDOSTATE: Atikuwins with275,691votes as against267,842votes byBuhari.

BENUE STATE: Atikuwins with356,817votes as against347,668 votes byBuhari.

IMO STATE: Atikuwins with334,923votes as against140,463votes byBuhari.

PLATEAUSTATE: Atikuwins with548,665votes as against468,555 votes byBuhari.

KANO STATE: Buhariwins with1,464,768votes as against391,593 votes byAtiku.

KATSINA STATE: Buhariwins with1,232,133votes as against308,056 votes byAtiku.