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.
