Peter Obi of the Labour Party has been declared the winner of the presidential election in Lagos, Nigeria’s most populous state.

He defeated Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) standard bearer, after the votes were calculated from all the 20 LGAs in the state.

Tinubu is a former Lagos governor and the state is historically his stronghold.

Mr Obi secured  575,524 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Bola Tinubu of the APC, who scored 573,001 votes.

Atiku Abubakar of the PDP came third with 75,750 votes.

A total of 1,347,152 people were accredited for the election in Lagos, a state where Mr Tinubu has a lot of political control and influence.

S/N LGA APC LP
1 Lagos Mainland 20,030 18,698
2 Lagos Island 27,760 3,058
3 Epe 19,867 3,497
4 Ikorodu 50,353 28,951
5 Kosofe 36,883 46,554
6 Eti-Osa 15,317 42,388
7 Ibeju-Lekki 14,685 10,410
8 Ikeja 21,276 30,004
9 Badagry 31,903 10,956
10 Agege 29,568 13,270
11 Amuwo-Odofin 13,318 55,547
12 Somolu 27,879 28,936
13 Surulere 39,002 36,923
14 Apapa 15,471 7,566
15 Mushin 40,876 23,066
16 Ifako Ijaiye 30,756 25,437
17 Ajeromi Ifelodun 25,938 35,663
18 Oshodi Isolo 27,181 51,020
19 Alimosho 62,283 71,327
20 Ojo 22,655 32,254
TOTAL 573,001 575,524
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