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BREAKING: Winner Finally Emerges in Lagos as Peter Obi, Bola Tinubu Battle for Votes in 20 LGAs
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BREAKING: Winner Finally Emerges in Lagos as Peter Obi, Bola Tinubu Battle for Votes in 20 LGAs

by  Nurudeen Lawal 1 min read

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has won the presidential election in Lagos state.

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He defeated Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) standard bearer, after the votes were calculated from all the 20 LGAs in the state.

Peter Obi and Tinubu/Lagos
Peter Obi defeats Tinubu in Lagos. Photo credits: Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Mr Peter Obi
Source: Twitter

Tinubu is a former Lagos governor and the state is historically his stronghold.

APC - 572, 606

Labour Party - 582, 354

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NNPP - 8442

PDP - 75 750

SDP - 772

Accredited voters: 1,347152

Total Valid votes: 1271451

Rejected votes: 64278

Total votes cast: 1,335729

Source: Legit.ng

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Nurudeen Lawal (Head of Politics and Current Affairs Desk) Nurudeen Lawal is an AFP-certified journalist with a wealth of experience spanning over 8 years. He received his B/Arts degree in Literature-in-English from OAU. Lawal is the Head of the Politics/CA Desk at Legit.ng, where he applies his expertise to provide incisive coverage of events. He was named the Political Desk Head of the Year (Nigeria Media Nite-Out Award 2023). He is also a certified fact-checker (Dubawa fellowship, 2020). Contact him at lawal.nurudeen@corp.legit.ng or +2347057737768.

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