#2023GeneralElections: Obi overtakes Tinubu in Lagos

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi presently has the majority of the votes cast in Lagos during Saturday’s Presidential election in the state.

With results from 17 out of the 20 local governments already declared, Mr Obi has polled a total of 448,828 votes which slightly puts him ahead of the APC’s Bola Tinubu whose total votes presently stand at 447,192

While the results from two more local governments Ojo and Allimosho are still being expected, the presented result for Mushin is yet to get cleared by the state collation officer. 

They are being contested by the Inter-party Advisory Committee (IPAC) and were not signed by most party agents.

The results for the local governments (LGs) announced include — Lagos Mainland, Ikorodu, Epe, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos Island, Badagry, Ikeja, Kosofe, Eti-Osa, Somolu, Amuwo-Odofin and Agege.

The other LGs are; Ajeromi Ifelodun, Ifak-Ijaiye, Oshodi Isolo, Apapa and Surulere.

The collation exercise at the INEC office in Lagos is expected to resume by 10 am.

Breakdown

For Mr Tinubu who is the APC Presidential candidate, he was declared the winner in 10 of the 17 local governments whose results have been announced by INEC.

The LGs won by the APC are Lagos Mainland, Ikorodu, Epe, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos Island, Badagry, Agege, Apapa and Surulere.

For the Labour Party, they were famously victorious in Ikeja which is where the APC candidate voted from and also in Kosofe and Somolu which many see as strongholds for the APC hitherto

The other LGs won by LP are; Ajeromi Ifelodun, Eti-Osa, Oshodi Isolo and Amuwo-Odofin.

See results:

Lagos Mainland LG

APC – 20,030

PDP – 3,005

LP – 18,698

NNPP – 257

Total valid votes: 43,095

Total number of rejected votes: 2,204

Total number of votes cast: 45,299

2. Epe LG

APC – 19,867

LP – 3,497

NNPP – 76

PDP – 5221

Total valid votes: 29,222

Total number of rejected votes: 1,356

Total number of votes cast: 30,578

3. Lagos Island LG 

APC – 27,760

LP – 3,058

NNPP – 79

PDP – 2521

Total valid votes – 33,886

Total number of rejected votes – 1,052

Total votes cast – 34,934

4. Ibeju-Lekki LG

APC – 14,685

LP – 10,410

NNPP – 104

PDP – 2,329

5. Ikorodu LG

APC – 50,353

LP – 28,951

NNPP – 400

PDP – 4,508

6. Ikeja LG

APC – 21,276

LP – 30,004

NNPP – 337

PDP – 2,280

7. Badagry

APC – 31,908

LP – 10,956

NNPP – 153

PDP – 6,024

8. Agege

APC – 29, 568

LP – 13,270

NNPP – 1,513

PDP – 4,498

9. Kosofe

APC – 36, 883

LP – 46,554

NNPP – 903

PDP – 4058 

10. Eti Osa 

APC – 15,317

LP – 42,338

NNPP – 381

PDP – 3,369

11 Amuwo Odofin 

APC – 13318

LP – 55,547

NNPP – 330

PDP – 2383 

12 Somolu 

APC- 27,879

Labour Party-28,936 

NNNP-476

PDP-3,449

-13: Ifako Ijaiye

Registered voters 395371

Accredited voter 64304

APC-30,756

Labour Party- 25437

NNPP 232

PDP: 3258

Total votes 61505 

Rejected Votes: 2573

Total Vote: 64078

14 Surulere 

Registered voters -377131

Accredited voters -85675

APC 39, 002 

LABOUR PARTY 36,923

NNPP 442

PDP 2651

Violence disrupted voting in 31 polling units

15 Apapa

APC – 15,471

LP – 7,566

NNPP – 338

PDP – 2,957

16 Ajeromi Ifelodun

APC 25, 938

Labour Party 35,663

NNPP – 436

PDP -4680

17 Oshodi-Isolo 

Oshodi Isolo LGA

APC – 27,181

LP – 51,020

NNPP – 413

PDP – 3,139