Former chairman of the Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory, Dino Melaye, on Monday, rejected the presidential election result declared for Ekiti State at National Collation Centre in Abuja.
Tinubu calls for calm, says he’ll accept election outcome
The All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has appealed to the people of Lagos State to be calm and eschew any act that can lead to a breakdown of law and order.
This is even as the former Lagos State governor stated that he would accept the outcome of the presidential poll, whether favourable or not.
Tinubu’s plea is coming in the wake of his loss to the candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, in Saturday’s presidential election.
In the 20 local government areas making up the state, Obi polled 575,524 votes to win Ajeromi-Ifelodun, Amuwo-Odofin, Eti-Osa, Ikeja, Kosofe, Oshodi-Isolo, Somolu, Ojo and Alimosho.
Tinubu, on the other hand, garnered 573,001 votes from Agege, Apapa, Badagry, Epe, Ibeju-Lekki, Ifako-Ijaiye, Ikorodu, Mushin, Lagos Island, Lagos Mainland and Surulere.
The PUNCH reported that despite winning two more local governments in the state than the LP candidate, Tinubu still lost the election to Obi on the number of votes won by 2,523 votes.
The result came as a big blow to many APC supporters in Lagos who had earlier anticipated an early victory for the former Lagos State governor.
