Tokunbo Abiru of the All Progressives Congress has emerged victorious in the Lagos East senatorial bye-election conducted in the state on Saturday.
Independent National Electoral Commission made the announcement on Sunday morning, stating that Abiru obtained a total of 89,204 votes
While, the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Babatunde Gbadamosi, secured 11,257 votes.
The APC candidate won with a wide margin in all the five local government areas in the senatorial district
See results in all LGAs:
Shomolu
APC: 17,728
PDP: 2,067
Epe
APC: 22,213
PDP: 1,826
Ibeju Lekki
APC: 16,336
PDP: 937
Ikorodu
APC: 19,204
PDP: 3,766
Kosofe
APC: 13,723
PDP: 2,661
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The announcement was made few hours after Babatunde Gbadamosi condemned the results released by INEC in the Saturday exercise, describing it as “manipulated”.
He said;
The election was manipulated and I was clearly rigged out.
However, he made the claim before the electoral body announced the full results of the election, where Abiru floored the PDP candidate.
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