By Olasunkanmi Akoni
Lagos State House of Assembly Result.. APC-40 Seats, PDP-0 Seat across the 57 councils.

A man places his ballot paper in a ballot box at polling unit in Lagos on March 9, 2019. – Nigerians are voting for a second time in a fortnight in governorship and state assembly elections, with heightened concerns from observers of violence and an increased military presence. Elections for governors are being held in 29 of Nigeria’s 36 states, for all state assemblies, plus the administrative councils in the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja. (Photo AFP)

Meanwhile, the incumbent Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa has been re-elected to represent Agege, Constituency I in the March 9, state Assembly poll.

Also, his colleague from Agege Constituency 2, Oluyinka Ogundimu was returned to the House to represent the constituency. Both Obasa and Ogundimu and 38 others were elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Announcing the result at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) collation centre in Agege, the Returning Officer,. RO, for Agege Constituency 1, Prof. Saibu Olufemi Muibi of the University of Lagos stated that Obasa scored 17,665 votes to beat his closest rival from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Auwalu Taure Maude who scored 4,743 votes.

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The Returning Officer for Agege Constituency 2, an Associate Prof. also from the University of Lagos, Anthony Kayode Adebayo declared Ogundimu the winner of the election in the constituency having polled a total of 19,489 votes to beat his closest rival from the PDP who scored 3,479 votes.

Other results are:

Lagos Mainland:

Registered Voters: 240,933, Accredited Voters: 36,670

APC: 27,333
PDP: 7, 265

Lagos Island:

Registered Voters: 196,401, Accredited Voters: 40,337. APC: 31,991 PDP: 4,346 (Governorship)

EPE:

Registered Voters : 138,977
Accredited Voters:43,303
Valid Votes:42, 562
Rejected Votes:684
Total Votes Cast:43,246

APC: 35,609
PDP: 6, 464

Presented by Dr. Babatunde Adeoye

Ikeja LG

No of registered voters: 32,8635

No of accredited voters:38,758

Total Valid Votes : 37656

Rejected votes : 848

Total votes cast : 38504

APC – 28,592

PDP – 8,109

Presented by: Prof. Olufunlayo Bameke