Obi defeated Tinubu in Lagos in the 2023 presidential election, polling 582,454 votes against the APC candidate's 572,606 votes. Armed hoodlums stormed an NDC town hall in Lagos, wielding cutlasses and stones as supporters fled; some attackers reportedly sought permission to bring guns. Armed thugs attacked a Lagos NDC town hall meeting on Thursday, but party members repelled the assault and caught one suspect.