Breaking: APC’s Abiru Defeats Gbadamosi with Wide Margin in Lagos East Senatorial Election

Candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the Lagos East Senatorial bye-election Tokunbo Abiru has been declared winner of the election.

Results announced by Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) shows that Abiru polled a total of 89,204 votes while his opponent, Babatunde Gbadamosi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) secured 11,257 votes, leaving a margin of 77,947 votes.

The result also shows that Abiru defeated his Gbadamosi by a wide margin in the five local government areas of the senatorial district, they are, Epe, Ibeju-Lekki, Kosofe, Shomolu and Ikorodu.

Below are the results in all LGAs as announced by INEC:

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

By Abel Ejikeme