Obi wins Ikeja as Tinubu triumphs in 7 of 8 LGAs results announced in Lagos

Eight out of 20 local government results have been announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission IINEC) in Lagos State with the All Progressives Congress (APC) winning in seven, while the Labour Party won the state capital, Ikeja.

As at 9:30 pm, results were announced at the state collation centre in Yaba for Lagos Mainland, Ikorodu, Epe, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos Island, Badagry, Agege and Ikeja.

Here are the results

1. Lagos Mainland

APC – 20,030

PDP – 3,005

LP – 18,698

NNPP – 257

2. Epe

APC – 19,867

LP – 3,497

NNPP – 76

PDP – 5221

3. Lagos Island

APC – 27,760

LP – 3,058

NNPP – 79

PDP – 2521

4. Ibeju-Lekki

APC – 14,685

LP – 10,410

NNPP – 104

PDP – 2,329

5. Ikorodu

APC – 50,353

LP – 28,951

NNPP – 400

PDP – 4,508

6. Ikeja

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

Out of the 87, 209,007 Permanent Voter Cards collected nationwide for the election, 6,214,970 were collected in Lagos  State. This is closely followed by Kano with 5,594,193, and Kaduna with 4,164, 473.

Lagos is the base of the APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who was governor of the state from 1999 to 2007.