2023 Elections Results: How Obi ‘Demystified’ Tinubu in Winning Lagos
POLITICS DIGEST – The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Saturday defeated his counterpart in the All Progressives Congress,Bola Tinubu, to win the presidential election conducted in Lagos.
In the 20 local government areas making up the state, Obi won in some local governments that many had considered major strongholds for the APC in previous elections.
Polling 575,524 votes in total, Obi cleared votes in Ajeromi-Ifelodun, Amuwo-Odofin, Eti-Osa, Ikeja, Kosofe, Oshodi-Isolo, Somolu, Ojo and Alimosho
While Tinubu garnered 573,001 votes from Agege, Apapa, Badagry, Epe, Ibeju-Lekki, Ifako-Ijaiye, Ikorodu, Mushin, Lagos Island, Lagos Mainland, and Surulere.
Despite winning two more local governments in the state than the LP candidate, Tinubu still lost the election to Obi on the number of votes won by 2,523 votes.
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What’s more striking is that Obi dusted Tinubu in his Ikeja Local Government Area where he voted, and also floored him in Eti-Osa Local Government Area where he resides and built a seeming political fortress in Ikoyi.
See the full breakdown of votes from all the 20 local government areas below:
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
Source: The Punch
