The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has won the presidential election in Lagos state.
The former Anambra State governor defeated Bola Tinubu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), after the votes were calculated from all the 20 LGAs in the state.
According to the results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, Tinubu polled 572,606 behind Obi who had 582,354.
Meanwhile, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar garnered 75,750 votes, while Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and Adewole Adebayo of Social Democratic Party (SDP) had 8,442 and 772 respectively.
The number of registered votes was put at 6,942,885; accredited voters 1,347,152, valid votes 1,271,451; rejected votes: 64,278 and total votes cast 1,335,729.
It is germane to note that Tinubu is a former Lagos governor and the state is historically his stronghold.
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