Obi Leads Tinubu with over 1,000 votes in 17 Lagos LGAs

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In 17 local government areas (LGAs) in Lagos State, Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), is ahead of Bola Tinubu, the APC’s nominee, by more than 1,000 votes.

In 17 local government areas in Lagos, as of the time of filing this report at 7:30 am on Monday, Obi had received 448,878 votes while Tinubu had received 447,187.
The figures come from the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) tallies for the Lagos, Nigeria, presidential election held on February 25.

The state collation center in the Yaba area of the state opened its doors on Sunday, and the collation continued there until midnight on Monday. Olusegun Agbaje, the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner.

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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.

The only two LGAs left to be announced are Ojo and Alimosho. For the final results tally, the state’s REC is anticipated to reconvene later on Monday.

Lagos collected 6,214,970 of the 87,209,007 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) that were collected nationwide for the election. Kano, with 5,594,193, and Kaduna, with 4,164,473, are the next two largest cities.

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From 1999 to 2007, the state’s governor was based in Lagos. Other presidential contenders in the race include Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party in addition to Tinubu and Obi, a former governor of Anambra State (NNPP).
See results:

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

2. Epe LGA

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

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3. Lagos Island LGA

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

4. Ibeju-Lekki LGA

APC – 14,685
LP – 10,410
NNPP – 104
PDP – 2,329

5. Ikorodu LGA

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

6. Ikeja LGA

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

7. Badagry LGA

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

8. Agege LGA

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

9. Somolu LGA

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

10. Amuwo Odofin LGA

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

11. Kosofe LGA

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

12. Eti Osa LGA
APC – 15,317
LP – 42,388
NNPP – 381
PDP- 3,369

13. Surulere LGA

APC – 39,002
LP – 36,923
NNPP – 442
PDP – 2,651

14. Apapa LGA
APC – 15,471
LP – 7,566
NNPP – 338
PDP – 2,957

15. Ifako Ijaiye LGA
APC – 30,756
LP – 25,437
NNPP – 232
PDP – 3,258

16. Ajeromi Ifeledun LGA
APC – 25,938
LP – 35,663
NNPP – 435
PDP – 4,680

17. Oshodi Isolo LGA
APC – 27,181
LP – 51,020
NNPP – 413
PDP – 3,139

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