East Senatorial Election, Tokunbo Abiru has been declared the
winner of the poll which held on December 5, 2020. Credit:
@TokunboAbiru
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC),
Tokunbo Abiru, has emerged winner in the Lagos East Senatorial
bye-election which held yesterday.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced
that Abiru polled a total of 89,204 votes to defeat his closest
opponent, Babatunde Gbadamosi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
who got 11,257 votes, leaving a margin of 77,947 votes.
The INEC Returning Officer for the by-election, Prof. Ademola
Oremosu of the University of Lagos, declared the result at the
Somolu collation centre on Sunday.
He said out of the total registered voters of 1,261,673 in the
district, the total accredited voters was 104, 894, the total vote
cast was 104, 405, the total valid votes was 102, 336, while the
rejected votes were 2,069.
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Abiru defeated his opponent by a wide margin in all the five
local government areas of Epe, Ibeju-Lekki, Kosofe, Shomolu and
Ikorodu in Lagos East senatorial district.
The senatorial seat became vacant following the death of the
former occupant, Bayo Oshinowo, earlier this year.
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Candidates from 12 political parties contested in the Lagos East
Senatorial bye-elections while eight candidates contested the
Kosofe Constituency II, Lagos State House of Assembly
by-elections.
Below are the results of the APC and PDP candidates in the
senatorial election across the five LGAs:
Shomolu
APC: 17,728
PDP: 2,067
Epe
APC: 22,213
PDP: 1,826
Ibeju Lekki
APC: 16,336
PDP: 937
Ikorodu
APC: 19,204
PDP: 3,766
Kosofe
APC: 13,723
PDP: 2,661