#NigeriaElections2023: Tinubu leads in Lagos as INEC declares 17 LGAs result

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, is in early lead as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) collated presidential election results of 17 out of 20 Local Government Areas of Lagos state.

Tinubu won 10 of the local government results declared so far while the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, won in seven LGAs in the closely contested presidential election.

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, is coming behind in a distant third.

The exercise, which started at about 6.30 p.m. on Sunday evening at the INEC Media Centre at the commission’s headquarters in Yaba, was stopped intermittently to wait for the arrival of results from some LGAs.

The yet-to-be-presented LGAs results are those of Ojo and Alimosho LGAs while the result from Mushin, though presented, is yet to be approved and accepted.

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The State Collation Centre Officer, Prof. Adenike Oladiji, the Vice Chancellor, Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), who announced a break at 4 a.m., said the collation would resume at 10 a.m. on Monday.

Tinubu won in Agege, Apapa, Badagry, Epe, Ibeju-Lekki, Ifako-Ijaiye, Ikorodu, Lagos Island, Surulere, and Lagos Mainland LGAs, while Obi won in Ajeromi Ifelodun, Amuwo-Odofin, Eti-Osa, Ikeja, Kosofe, Oshodi-Isolo, and Somolu LGAs in the announced and submitted results so far.

The election results were presented by various Local Government Area Collation Officers and accepted by Oladiji after approval.

There were some cases of results cancellation in a few polling units for various reasons like over-voting, non-usage of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS), violence, and others.

The exercise is being conducted under the watch of party agents, domestic and foreign observers, security, and media, among other stakeholders who had waited all night to see the end of the collation.

The presidential and National Assembly elections were held simultaneously across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory on Saturday.

The Star