Obi Wins Tinubu In Lagos With 9,848 Votes’ Margin …Beats Asiwaju In Own LG

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi is leading his counterpart in the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, with 9,848 votes in Lagos State.

 

Lagos is the base of Tinubu, who was governor of the state from 1999 to 2007.

 

As of the time of filing this report at 10:50am on Monday, Obi polled 582,454 while Tinubu scored 572,606 votes in the 20 local government areas in Lagos.

 

However, Atiku came a distant third, with a total vote of 74,707.

 

The figures are according to results collated by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the February 25 presidential election in Lagos.

 

INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Olusegun Agbaje opened the floor at the state collation centre in the Yaba area of the state on Sunday and the collation ran until midnight on Monday.

 

The results for 17 of the state’s 20 LGAs presented by 3:40am on Monday, including Lagos Mainland, Ikorodu, Epe, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos Island, Badagry, Agege, Ikeja, Shomolu, Kosofe, Amuwo Odofin, Eti Osa, Surulere, Apapa, Ifako-Ijaiye, Ajeromi, Oshodi-Isolo.

 

Results presented for Mushin LGA and contested Sunday night, by the Inter-party Advisory Committee (IPAC), were cleared by the state collation officer when the INEC Collation Officers reconvened on Monday.

 

For the declared results be the respective returning officers, LP on with 55,547 votes; APC scored 13,318; while PDP took 22,383 in Amuwo-Odofin.

 

In Ikorodu, APC won with 50,353 votes; LP scored 28,951, just as PDP went home with 4,508.

 

In Agege, APC also won with 29,568 votes; LP came second with 13,270 and PDP got 4,498.

 

APC won in Badagry with 31, 903; LP got 13,270, and PDP scored 6,024.

 

Tinubu also won in Surulere with 39, 002, LP got 36, 923, and PDP 2,651.

 

LP won the state capital, Ikeja, with 30,004 votes, APC scored 21,276, and PDP 2,280.

 

In Ibeju-Lekki, APC garnered 14, 685, LP got 10,410, and PDP 1,329.

 

APC also won in Lagos Mainland with 20,030 votes, LP 18,698, and PDP 3,002.

 

In Kosofe, Obi won with 46,554 votes, APC 36,883, and PDP 4,058 votes.

 

Tinubu won Apapa with 15,471, LP scored 7,566 while PDP got 2,957.

 

The Jagaban also won Lagos Island with 27,760 votes, Obi took 3,058, while Atiku got 2,521 votes.

 

Obi trashed Tinubu in Eti-Osa with 42,388 votes, APC got 15,317, and PDP secured 3,369.

 

In Ifako-Ijaiye, Tinubu got 30,756 votes, Obi 25,437 votes and PDP 3,258.

 

Obi defeated Tinubu in Ajeromi-Ifelodun with 35,663 votes, APC came second with 25,938, and PDP 4,680.

 

In Oshodi-Isolo, Obi humbled Tinubu with 51, 020 votes, APC 27,181, and PDP 3,139.

 

Tinubu trounced Obi in Epe with 19, 867 votes, LP 3,497, and PDP 5,221.

 

In Somolu, Obi led Tinubu slightly with 28, 936, to 27,879, while PDP got 3,449 votes.

 

In Mushin, Tinubu won with 41,907; Obi 23,390; and PDP 3,478.

 

Obi won in Ojo with 38,859 votes; APC 20,603; and PDP 3,701.

 

Labour Party also won in Alimosho with 71,327; APC 62,909; and PDP 8,201.

 

Of the 87, 209,007 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) collected nationwide for the election, 6,214,970 PVCs were collected in Lagos.

 

This is closely followed by Kano with 5,594,193, and Kaduna with 4,164, 473.

 

Aside from Tinubu and Obi, an ex-governor of Anambra State, other presidential candidates in the race include Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).