Chinelo Obogo
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday announced results of the presidential poll from 15 out of the 20 Local Government Areas (LGA) of Lagos State.
The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Abeokuta, Prof. Felix Kolawole Salako, who is the Chief Collation Officer, supervised the announcement of results by collation officers at excatly 10.15pm Sunday at INEC’s Yaba collation centre.
The LGAs announced are: Apapa, Ikorodu, Ibeju Lekki, Lagos Island, Epe, Ikeja, Badagry, Agege, Eti Osa, Ifako Ijaye, Mushin, Oshodi Isolo, Lagos Mainland, Ojo and Surulere.
The breakdown of the votes between the two main candidates, President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are as follows:
Ojo
Chinelo Obogo
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday announced results of the presidential poll from 15 out of the 20 Local Government Areas (LGA) of Lagos State.
The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Abeokuta, Prof. Felix Kolawole Salako, who is the Chief Collation Officer, supervised the announcement of results by collation officers at excatly 10.15pm at the collation centre at INEC headquarters in Yaba, Lagos.
The LGAs which were announced are; Apapa, Ikorodu, Ibeju Lekki, Lagos Island, Epe, Ikeja, Badagry, Agege, Eti Osa, Ifako Ijaye, Mushin, Oshodi Isolo, Lagos Mainland, Ojo and Surulere.
The breakdown of the votes between the two main candidates, President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are as follows:
Ojo
APC: 24, 333
PDP: 29, 019
Oshodi Isolo
APC: 29, 860
PDP: 28, 806
Eti-Osa
APC: 20, 962
PDP: 25, 216
Ikeja
APC: 23,738
PDP: 21,518
Surulere
APC: 30, 621
PDP: 31, 603
Agege
APC: 36, 443
PDP: 16,497
Apapa
APC: 18, 170
PDP: 11, 295
Mushin
APC: 43, 543
PDP: 20, 277
Ifako Ijaiye
APC: 33, 419
PDP: 18, 100
Lagos mainland
APC: 22,684
PDP: 15,137
Ikorodu
APC: 40, 719
PDP: 21, 252
Ibeju Lekki
APC: 12,179
PDP: 9,222.
Lagos Island
APC: 27,452
PDP: 7,396
Epe
APC: 17, 710
PDP: 13, 305
Badagry
APC: 21, 417
PDP: 17, 936.
The results showed that PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar won Surulere LGA and Eti-Osa LGA, the local government areas of Minister of Works, Power and Housing Babatunde Fashola, and former Minister of Defence Musliu Obanikoro, respectively.
Results from the 15 LGAs so far puts Buhari in the lead with a total of 403,150 votes, while Atiku polled 286, 579 votes.
The local governments expected are Kosofe, Ajeronmi Ifelodun, Somolu and Alimosho.
However, INEC cancelled 54,387 votes in Oshodi Isolo and 21, 981 in Surulere over electoral violence.