…75,981 votes canceled in Oshodi Isolo, Surulere over violence

Chinelo Obogo

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari, won in 15 local government areas of Lagos State, while his opponent, Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), won in five.

The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Abeokuta, Prof. Felix Kolawole Salako, who is the Chief Collation Officer, supervised the announcement, of results by collation officers at the collation centre at the Independent and National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters in Yaba, Lagos.

The results showed that the Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, lost his Surulere LGA to Atiku, while former Minister of Defence, Musliu Obanikoro lost his Eti-osa LGA

The Chief Collation Officer, Prof. Salako, announced that the total votes cast in the election was 1,156, 590, valid votes were 1,089,567 and rejected votes were 6,7023.

Out of the total votes cast, Buhari polled 580,825 votes, while Abubakar got 448,015, giving a margin of 132,798 between them.

President Buhari was subsequently declared the winner of the election in Lagos State, having met all the requirements of the Electoral Act.

A breakdown of the results is as follows:

Amuwo Odofin

APC: 16, 670

PDP: 34, 312

Ajeromi Ifelodun

APC: 28, 152

PDP: 31,971

Ojo

APC: 24, 333

PDP: 29, 019

Oshodi Isolo

APC: 29, 860

PDP: 28, 806

Eti Osa

APC: 20, 962

PDP: 25, 216

Ikeja

APC: 23,738

PDP: 21,518

Surulere

APC: 30, 621

PDP: 31, 603

Somolu

APC: 28, 418

PDP: 21, 978

Agege

APC: 36, 443

PDP: 16,497

Apapa

APC: 18, 170

PDP: 11, 295

Kosofe

APC: 39, 216

PDP: 28, 715

Mushin

APC: 43, 543

PDP: 20, 277

Ifako Ijaiye

APC: 33, 419

PDP: 18, 100

Lagos mainland

APC: 22,684

PDP: 15,137

Ikorodu

APC: 40, 719

PDP: 21, 252

Ibeju Lekki

APC: 12,179

PDP: 9,222.

Lagos Island

APC: 27,452

PDP: 7,396

Epe

APC: 17, 710

PDP: 13, 305

Badagry

APC: 21, 417

PDP: 17, 936.

Alimosho

APC: 65, 206

PDP: 44, 461

However, INEC cancelled 54,387 votes in Oshodi Isolo and 21, 981 cancelled in Surulere over violence.