Nigeria Decision: Results Emerge As Obi Leads Tinubu In Lagos

VOICE AIR MEDIA News Update

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi is leading his counterpart in the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu with over 1,000 votes in 17 local government areas (LGAs) in Lagos State.

As of the time of filing this report at 07:30am on Monday, Obi polled 448,878 while Tinubu scored 447,187 votes in 17 local government areas in Lagos.

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 3:40 am 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 have yet to get cleared by the state collation officer as they are being contested by the Inter-party Advisory Committee (IPAC) and thus had yet to be signed by most party agents.

INEC asked that they be presented afresh.

Meanwhile, Ojo and Alimosho are the only two LGAs left to be announced. The REC in the state is expected to reconvene later on Monday for the final collation of results.

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.

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

See results:

Lagos Mainland LGA
APC – 20,030
PDP – 3,005
LP – 18,698
NNPP – 257

Epe LGA
APC – 19,867
LP – 3,497
NNPP – 76
PDP – 5221

Lagos Island LGA
APC – 27,760
LP – 3,058
NNPP – 79
PDP – 2521

Ibeju-Lekki LGA
APC – 14,685
LP – 10,410
NNPP – 104
PDP – 2,329

Ikorodu LGA
APC – 50,353
LP – 28,951
NNPP – 400
PDP – 4,508

Ikeja LGA
APC – 21,276
LP – 30,004
NNPP – 337
PDP – 2,280

Badagry LGA
APC – 31,908
LP – 10,956
NNPP – 153
PDP – 6,024

Agege LGA
APC – 29,568
LP – 13,270
NNPP – 1,513
PDP – 4,498

Somolu LGA
APC – 27,879
LP – 28,936
NNPP – 476
PDP – 3,449

Amuwo Odofin LGA
APC – 13,318
LP – 55,547
NNPP – 330
PDP – 2,383

Kosofe LGA
APC – 36,883
LP – 46,554
NNPP – 902
PDP – 4,058