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  Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Party, APC is leading in Seven of Eight Local Government Areas in Saturday’s presidential election results were announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission Lagos State Collation Centre on Sunday. However, the former governor lost his Local Government, Ikeja to Peter Obi of the Labour Party. Election results have continued to filter in from some states as INEC declared Tinubu, the winner in Ekiti. See the results below: Ikorodu: APC-50,353 LP-28,951 PDP-4,508 NNPP-400 Ikeja LGA: APC-21,276, LP-30,004 PDP-2280 NNPP- 337 Badagry: APC:31,903 LP- 10,956 PDP- 6024 Agege: APC- 29,568 LP-13,270 PDP-4,498 NNPP- 1,513 Lagos Mainland: APC-20,030 LP-18,698 PDP-3,005 NNPP-257 EPE- APC- 19,867 LP- 3,497 PDP- 5,221 NNPP-76 Lagos Island: APC- 27,760 LP- 3,058 PDP- 2,521 NNPP- 79 Ibeju-Lekki APC- 14,685 LP- 10,410 PDP-2,329 NNPP- 104  

  THE hopes of Nigerians and all lovers of democracy around the world for credible, hitch-free elections in Nigeria were dashed on Saturday when the odious fractures that have persistently marred voting in the country resurfaced. Logistics glitches, violence, intimidation of voters, corruption and incompetence, ballot box-snatching, and impunity conflated with security failures to prevent a smooth exercise nationwide. Despite some improvements over previous elections, Saturday’s polling proved that despite 24 years of trying, officials still cannot organise seamless national elections devoid of hitches and violence. INEC, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), the Nigeria Police, the military and other security and paramilitary forces deployed in the field, despite marked improvement on past performance, disappointed in several areas. Many find this more painful because the elections come at a time of deep economic and social adversity, and a general resolve by the ...