Breaking! #NigeriaDecides: Tinubu In Early Lead S/West, Northwest, North-Central, Obi S/East

Confidence and excitement bubbled in the camp of the All Progressives Congress (APC) last night as results of the presidential and National Assembly elections began to trickle into public domain and the collation centres of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) nationwide.

Early returns from polling units in the six South West states of Lagos, Ekiti, Ogun, Ondo, Osun and Oyo showed that the APC presidential candidate was ahead of the pack while Labour Party’s Peter Obi was dominant in the South East.

Obi also made some inroads in Lagos State and former strongholds of the PDP in Edo and Delta.

At press time yesterday, the Labour Party presidential candidate had also won nine of the 13 polling units at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja.

But his performance in the North was abysmal where the APC and the PDP were sharing the votes in the three geo-political zones in the North. The APC was doing well in Yobe and Sokoto State at press time.

Some of the results yet to be confirmed by INEC are as follows:

Lagos State;

Ajeromi/Ifelodun LGA

APC – 21,102

LP – 12,417

PDP – 3,750

Amuwo-Odofin LGA

APC – 21,387

LP – 12,583

PDP – 3,836

Alimosho LGA

APC – 56,172

LP – 32,992

PDP – 10,071

Ikeja LGA

APC – 45,586

LP – 26,725

PDP – 7,847

Ikorodu LGA

APC – 64,956

LP – 38118

PDP – 11,057

Yobe State:

Potiskum LGA

APC – 25,845 PDP – 6,787  LP – 0

Yunusari LGA

APC – 15,177  PDP – 3,839  LP – 0

Nguru LGA

APC – 15,962 PDP – 4,033  LP – 0

Yusufari LGA

APC – 14,197 PDP – 3,591  LP – 0

Bade LGA

APC -7,667  PDP – 1,982   LP – 0

Bursari LGA:

APC – 3,815  PDP – 986     LP – 0

Damaturu LG

APC-  8,957  PDP – 2,316   LP – 0

Fika LGA:

APC – 9470   PDP – 2,432   LP – 0

Fune LGA:

APC – 10, 677  PDP – 2,760  LP – 0

Geidam LGA:

APC – 6,601  PDP – 1,709  LP – 0

Sokoto State:

Shagari LGA  APC – 8,869

NNPP – 2,995  PDP – 7,891

LP – 0

Sokoto North LGA

APC – 21,239  NNPP – 7,167

PDP – 18,886

Sokoto South LGA

APC – 23,637  NNPP – 7,971

PDP – 21,020

Result from Sen. Kashim Shettima’s Lamisula/Jabbamari polling unit 023, Maiduguri

APC = 126 votes

PDP = 23 votes

Labour Party = 0 vote

Mallam Nuhu Ribadu’s Polling Unit 022 Aliyu Mustapha College Yola, Adamawa

APC: 140   PDP: 68    LP: 11

The elections were generally peaceful although INEC and the security agencies reported violence and disruptions in some states.

The commission said fresh elections would be held where necessary while the police arrested some people said to have breached the peace.

Five persons were confirmed dead before and during the exercise.