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INEC Declares Peter Obi Winner Of Presidential Poll In Tinubu’s Home, Lagos

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has on Monday February 26 declared the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi the winner of the presidential election in Lagos State.

VerseNews Nigeria reports that result was announced based on the collation of results at the INEC lagos State collation centre in Yaba.

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According to the result, Obi polled a total of 575,735 votes to defeat his closest ally, Bola Tinubu of All Progressive Congress (APC) who got 573,001 votes.

The presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar got a total of 75,750 followed by the presidential candidate of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), who got a total of 8,8442 votes.

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