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Nigeria’s opposition Labour Party wins Lagos stronghold of ruling party
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) – Nigeria’s opposition Labour Party has won Lagos state in the presidential poll, a stronghold of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) party, election authorities announced Monday.
The Labour presidential candidate, Peter Obi, scored 582,454 votes, ahead of Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the APC who got 577,606, said the Independent National Electoral Commission’s Adenike Oladiji.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) came in third in the country’s commercial hub, the official said.
Obi’s surprise lead has been attributed to the strength of the youth vote and support from his kinsmen.
“Lagos is a cosmopolitan state with a mix of different people. The unpopular policies of the ruling APC government and voting from the Igbos, Obi’s kinsmen, gave him the lead,” Segun Adeoye, a Lagos resident, told Anadolu.
At 61, Obi is the youngest in the three-way contest in the Feb. 25 presidential election.
The former two-time governor of Anambra, a state in southeastern Nigeria, had been polling strongly in the runup to the general elections, with some surveys projecting him as the winner.
But he also has a hurdle of a clear win in 25 of the 36 states of the federation in fulfillment of the country’s electoral law.
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