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Governorship candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos and Ogun states emerged victorious at their polling units today.

In Ogun, Dapo Abiodun scored 240 votes at his Ita-Osanyin Polling Unit, where his closest rival, Adekunle Akinlade of Allied Peoples Movement (APM) got 71 votes and Buruji Kashamu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had 5 votes.

The State House of Assembly election results at the unit were: APC – 217, PDP – 8, and APM – 72.

In Lagos, APC candidate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, reversed his loss two weeks ago at his polling unit 019. He polled 124 votes, while his closest rival Jimi Agbaje of PDP got 26 votes in the unit at his Lateef Jakande/Femi Okunnu Ward in Ikoyi.

The Action Democratic Congress (ADC) got two votes and the Young Progressive Party (YPP) got one vote.

The APC also won the House of Assembly polls for the Eti-Osa Constituency II.

Incumbent Gbolahan Yishawu, who has represented the constituency since 2011, defeated the PDP by 140 votes to 30.

Only 157 voters were accredited for the exercise out of 1100 registered voters, while four votes were voided.

Sanwo-Olu expressed confidence about winning the 2019 gubernatorial elections.

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