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Bola Ahmed Tinubu was declared the winner of the governorship election in Lagos State, Nigeria, with a wide margin of victory. He received 841,732 votes, while his opponents, Chief Dapo Sarumi of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and Architect Nosirudeen Kekere-Ekun of the Alliance for Democracy (APP), received 122,742 and 184,900 votes respectively. Tinubu won in 19 of the 20 local councils in the state, with Kekere-Ekun being the only council he lost in. The victory was celebrated with joy by Tinubu's supporters, and he stated that there is a big job to be done in Lagos and that the campaigns and elections are just minor aspects of it.

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Bola Ahmed Tinubu was declared the winner of the governorship election in Lagos State, Nigeria, with a wide margin of victory. He received 841,732 votes, while his opponents, Chief Dapo Sarumi of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and Architect Nosirudeen Kekere-Ekun of the Alliance for Democracy (APP), received 122,742 and 184,900 votes respectively. Tinubu won in 19 of the 20 local councils in the state, with Kekere-Ekun being the only council he lost in. The victory was celebrated with joy by Tinubu's supporters, and he stated that there is a big job to be done in Lagos and that the campaigns and elections are just minor aspects of it.

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