LABOUR Party (LP) candidate, Peter Obi, has won the presidential election in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja.
Obi won the election with a landslide, polling 281,717 votes.
The former Anambra State governor defeated his opponents including the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu, who polled 90,902 votes, and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who got 74,199.
Obi won four of the six FCT area councils, while APC won the other two.
A total of 478,923 people were accredited to vote. The total votes cast was 478,652.
Folarin Kehinde is an Abuja-based journalist with over 5 years of experience in journalism. His work has earned him national and international recognition across various beats, including environment, health and politics.
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