Early results released by the Lagos Television showed that the APC took
\nseveral LGAs and LCDAs including Ojokoro, Eti Osa, Lagos Island, Badagry
\nCentral, Onigbongbo, Odiolowo\/Ojuwoye, Ikorodu West, Ejigbo, Ikeja,
\nIkorodu, Epe, Lagos Island East, Badagry West, Surulere, Ikorodu Central,
\nIkoyi\/Obalende, Agboyi-Ketu, Eredo and others.<\/p>\n
The victory continued for the ruling party in Epe LG with the APC getting
\n21401 votes and LP getting 948 votes. APC emerged victorious in Lagos
\nIsland East LCDA with 9060 votes while PDP got 1128 votes. In Badagry
\nWest, APC swept the LCDA with 5300 votes leaving PDP with 935 votes.
\nSimilarly, in Ejigbo LCDA, APC won 4876 votes while PDP won 1079 votes. In
\nIkeja LG, APC got 6191 votes while PDP won 990 votes. APC won Ikorodu West
\nLCDA with 3068 votes while PDP got 555 votes.<\/p>\n
In Agboyi-Ketu LCDA, APC got 10,701 votes, while PDP got 1,759 votes.
\nOther results were being awaited as of the time the paper went to bed.
\nThe APC had earlier won both the chairmanship and councillorship elections
\nin Ward A6, Polling Unit 033 located in Ogunmodede College, Papa Epe,
\nwhere the State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode voted.<\/p>\n
At the end of counting of the votes cast, the results showed that the APC
\npolled a total of 299 votes for the chairmanship election as against one
\npolled by the Labour Party and zero vote polled respectively by the
\nPeoples\u2019 Democratic Party and Accord Party.<\/p>\n
For the councillorship election in the unit, the APC polled a total of 293
\nvotes as against one polled by Labour Party and zero polled by PDP. In the
\nsecond polling unit in the ward, APC polled 298 votes for the chairmanship
\nelection as against zero vote polled by the PDP and Labour Party.<\/p>\n
Ambode, on Saturday said local government elections would engender
\nparticipatory governance and revive belief in the electoral process at the
\nthird tier of government.<\/p>\n
Ambode noted that the election in Lagos State came six years after the
\nlast one was conducted.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am happy that this election is coming at my own time. The whole idea is
\nfor us to evolve a process where the citizens come out and believe in a
\nprocess that is credible. When the people see credible election at the
\nlocal government level, they will be excited to participate because they
\nknow that it is credible, peaceful and without violence. That is what we
\nhave been preaching. Lagos is too cosmopolitan for us not to have a
\ncredible election.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to enhance democracy in the country and we can only do it by what
\nwe are doing today.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said adequate security measures had been put in place to ensure that
\nvoters cast their votes in a peaceful atmosphere and forestall any
\nbreakdown of law and order.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo far, so good, from the reports I have received from all the other
\nparts of Lagos State, we are pleased with what is going on. I believe
\nstrongly that it will be peaceful throughout,\u201d Ambode added.<\/p>\n
Also speaking, the All Progressives Congress\u2019 chief, who is also the
\nBalogun of Epe, Chief Lanre Razak, said the party believed in
\nstrengthening democracy, adding that the conduct of the election would
\ndevelop the political process.<\/p>\n
The member of the Lagos State House of Assembly representing Epe
\nConstituency II, Segun Olulade, who cast his vote at the RCM Primary
\nSchool, Ejinrin, Epe, commended Lagosians for coming out to vote despite
\nthe downpour. He noted that the people\u2019s participation in the election
\nwould deepen democratic values.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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