Tinubu leads as INEC commences collation of presidential election results in Lagos

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, leads after the announcement of presidential election results of four local governments (LGs), which include Lagos Mainland, Ikorodu, Epe and Lagos Island, as the Independent National Electoral Commissioner commenced collation of results for the February 25 presidential election in Lagos State on Sunday.

INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner for Lagos State, Olusegun Agbaje, at the state collation centre in Yaba, declared the process open.

The presidential results from the local governments (LGs) – Lagos Mainland, Ikorodu, Epe, 4. Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos Island, were announced as follows:

1. Lagos Mainland LG

APC – 20,030

PDP – 3,002

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 – 5,221

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 – 2,521

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

There was, however, controversy over the result from Ikorodu and the collation officer was directed to correct noticeable errors.