February 27, (THEWILL) – Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has won the presidential election in Lagos state.
Obi defeated Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate after the votes were calculated from all the 20 LGAs in the state.
According to results collated by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the February 25 presidential election in Lagos, Obi polled 582,454 while Tinubu secured 572,606 votes, while Atiku got 75,750 votes iin 20 local government areas in Lagos.
Tinubu is a former Lagos governor and the state is historically his stronghold.
APC – 572,606
LP: 582, 354
NNPP: 8442
PDP: 75, 750
SDP: 772
Accredited voters: 1,347152
Total Valid votes: 1271451
Rejected votes: 64278
Total votes cast: 1,335729
