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
