Nigeria's ruling party has held onto the powerful post of Lagos governor, the country's electoral commission said on Monday, following weekend local elections marred by reports of violence and vote buying.
So far, the ruling All Progressives Congress has been declared winner in the majority of governorships where ballot counting has been completed.
Both Obi and second-placed candidate Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party are contesting the presidential result in court. He also passed the required threshold of 25 percent of votes across two-thirds of the state, the INEC said.So far, the APC has won the governorship races in the states of Gombe, Jigawa, Katsina, Kwara, Nasawara, Ogun, Sokoto and Yobe.In the highly contested state of Kano, the economic heart of the mainly Muslim north, thousands of supporters of the smaller New Nigeria People's Party took to the streets to celebrate their trouncing the APC.
Voters and opposition parties complained in February that technical mishaps allowed for vote rigging, which the electoral commission has denied. But violence was recorded across several states, with thugs showing up at polling units to intimidate voters and in some cases destroying electoral material.
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