The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has emerged the winner of the presidential election in Ogun State.
Mr. Tinubu polled a total of 341,554 votes among 20 local government areas in the country to emerge victorious.
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abubakar, who got a total of 123,831 votes finished second.
Peter Obi, the Labor Party candidate, came third with a total of 85,829 votes.
Rabi’u Kwankwaso of the NNPP could only muster 2,200 votes in the presidential election held in the southwestern state.
APC enjoyed a generally good outing in Ogun State where two of its senatorial candidates were also declared winners.
Earlier, former governor of Ogun, Gbenga Daniel, was declared the winner of the Ogun-East Senatorial election held on Saturday.
According to NAN, Christopher Onwuka, the INEC Returning Officer for the senatorial district said Mr. Daniel scored 115,147 votes to beat his nearest rival, Ajibola Kalejaiye of the PDP, who scored 58,708 votes.
In Ogun West District, Solomon Adeola of APC was also declared the winner.
Oluseye Onabanjo, the INEC returning officer for the senatorial district, made the declaration on Sunday at Orona Hall in Ilaro.
Mr. Onabanjo, as reported by NAN, said Mr. Adeola got a total of 112,887 votes to beat his nearest rival, Ganiyu Obanibasiri of the PDP, who got 60,189 votes.
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