The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress — Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has appealed to Lagos State citizens to be calm and desist from any violent act in a bid to reject INEC’s result in Lagos State.
The ex-Lagos State governor stated that he would accept the outcome of the presidential poll, whether it’s in his favour, or not.
According to INEC’s result in In the 20 local government areas making up Lagos, 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.
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.
Tinubu’s statement of plea to his supporters reads: “The fact that the APC narrowly lost Lagos State to another party should not be the reason for violence. As a democrat, you win some, you lose some. We must allow the process to continue unhindered across the country while we maintain peace and decorum.”
