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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:
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.