In a surprise outcome, Mr Peter Obi of Labour Party has beaten the strongman of Lagos politics, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Lagos.
Peter Obi won in nine local governments to win the state.
Peter Obi scored 582,454 votes to defeat All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Giving the total votes cast, the collation officer in Lagos State, Prof Adenike Oladiji, the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, said the LP candidate scored 582,454 while APC got 572,606.
However, a public affairs analyst, Simon Dimkpa attributed the loss by Tinubu to the number of rejected votes (64,278), which he said are mainly from Tinubu’s strongholds.
The total valid votes are: 1,271,451 while the rejected votes are 64,278. Total votes cast are: 1,335,729.
The latest report given by the collation officer in Lagos include:
Mushin LGA
See other Lagos LG results earlier announced below
Agege
Registered voters: 160361Accredited voters: 30,683
Lagos Mainland
APC 20,030LP 18,698PDP 3002SDP 018
11 WardsTotal valid votes: 43,095Total rejected votes: 2,204Total votes cast: 45,299Registered. Voters 250,616Accredited 45, 686
Lagos Island
APC: 27,760LP: 3,058PDP: 2,521
Registered voters: 200,048Accredited Voters: 34, 989
KORODU
APC 50,353LP 28, 951PDP 4,508
19 WardsTotal valid votes: 84, 096Total rejected votes: 3, 892Registered. Voters 364,072Accredited 89,414