In Lagos, Nigeria's most populous state, Peter Obi of the Labour Party has been proclaimed the victor of the presidential election.

In order to overcome Bola Tinubu of the APC, who received 572, 606 votes, Mr. Obi received 582,454 votes.

PDP candidate Atiku Abubakar finished third with 75,750 votes.

In Lagos, where Mr. Tinubu has a significant amount of political control and influence, a total of 1,347,152 persons were accredited to vote.

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See the final scores below:

Accredited voters 1,347152

A3069AA 498AAC 1597ADC 5789ADP 2439APC 572,606APGA 2316APM 709APP 371BP 1837LP 582454NNPP 8,442LRM 609PDP 75,750PRP 1120SDP 772YPP 1109ZLP 9964

Valid votes 1,271,451Rejected 64,278Total votes cast 1,335,729

Source: The Independent Ghana