Nigeria held its presidential and parliamentary elections over the weekend and results pouring in indicate that the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) is in a clear lead ahead of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Labour Party (LP) and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced results in 10 states out of which the APC won five including Ekiti, Ogun, Oyo, Ondo and Kwara states.
The result for Ekiti state is as follows: APC (201,494); PDP (89, 554); LP (11, 397) and NNPP (264) votes, while in Ogun state, the APC led with (341, 554); followed by PDP (123, 831); LP (85,829) and NNPP (2, 200) votes.
In Oyo state, APC garnered (449, 884); PDP (182, 977); LP (99, 110) and NNPP (4, 095) votes, results from Ondo state showed APC scored (369, 924); PDP (115, 463); LP (44, 405) and NNPP (930) votes, while in Kwara, APC got (263, 572); PDP (136, 909); LP (31, 186) and NNPP (3, 141) votes.
Overall, the PDP is next to the APC with victories recorded in Katsina, Osun and Yobe states. The PDP scored (489, 045) in Katsina, followed by the APC with (482, 283), NNPP (69, 386) and LP (6, 376) votes, in Osun state it led with PDP (354, 366); APC (343, 945); LP (23, 283) and NNPP (713) votes while in Yobe state, while PDP got (196, 567); APC (151, 459); NNPP (18, 270) and LP (2, 406) votes.
The Labour party won Enugu state with a landslide of 428, 640 votes, while PDP got (15, 749), APC (4, 772), NNPP (1, 808) votes. In Lagos state, LP scored (582, 454), APC (572, 606), PDP (75, 750) and NNPP (8, 442) votes.
Various online polls conducted before the election day projected the LP to win and more results are expected before the end of the day.
