#NigeriaDecides: Labour Party DG Loses Ekiti LGA Votes To Tinubu

Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council Director General, Dr Akin Osuntokun, has failed to deliver votes from his Local Government Area (LGA) for his principal, Peter Obi.

Naija News understands that the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, won the polls at Ekiti West Area of Ekiti State in the 2023 presidential election on Saturday.

Results declared by the Independent National Electoral Local Government Collation Officer show that APC cleared all 11 wards in the council.

The results showed that APC secured 14,516 votes while Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) garnered only 391 votes.

The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which has its candidate as Atiku Abubakar, came first runner-up, garnering 4,318, while Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) got 10 votes.

SDP Presidential Candidate Reveals Next Line Of Action If He Loses Election

Meanwhile, the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Adewole Adebayo, has revealed what he plans to do if he loses in Saturday’s election.

Speaking at his polling unit 19, ward 10, barracks road, Ondo town shortly after casting his vote, the SDP candidate, Adebayo said he would congratulate whoever emerges winner of the polls.

He however said such a person must have emerged from a free, fair, and transparent election to earn his congratulatory message adding that whoever wins Saturday’s presidential election has a lot of work to do to get Nigeria moving.

He said: “I will congratulate Nigerians for the election and sympathize with the winner of the contest. This is because the winner of the contest is inheriting a house on fire and will need to act fast to make Nigeria work again.

“Anybody that wins has the first six months to turn things around and show his readiness to fix Nigeria to make life better for Nigerians.”