Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress, APC has been declared winner of the Saturday March 18,2023 governorship poll in Lagos State by the Independent National Electoral Commission
Sanwo-Olu was re-elected after polling a total of 762,134, votes to defeat his closest, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the Labour Party, LP who scored 312,329 votes while Dr Olajide Adediran of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP finished in a distant third position with just 62,449 votes
Governor Sanwo-Olu however extended hands of fellowship to both Rhodes-Vivour and Adediran to join him in moving Lagos to the next level
Sanwo-Olu described the victory as no winner, no vanquished, in his
Acceptance Speech after being declared as the 15 elected Governor of Lagos State by Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
Meanwhile INEC’s Resident Electotal Commissiiner in Kebbi State, Professor Yusuf Saidu has declared the governorship election inconclusive over what he described as irregularities which marred elections in 18 local government areas of the state
The returning officer for the poll quoted relevant sections in the electoral act which empowers him to declare the results inconclusive
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