The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the winner of Lagos State governorship election held on Saturday.
Sanwo-Olu who is the incumbent governor of the state contested on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
The declaration of Sanwo-Olu’s victory was made early Monday morning by the Returning Officer, Prof. Adenike Oladiji, Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Technology, FUTA, Akure.
Her words: “I declare that Sanwo-Olu Babajide Olusola of APC, having satisfied the requirements of the law by scoring 25 per cent in two-third of the local government areas in the state and also scoring the highest number of vote cast is hereby declared the winner and he is returned elected.”
She said Sanwo-Olu polled a total of 762, 134 votes while his closest rival, Mr Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of Labour Party, LP, polled 312, 329 votes.
The Returning Officer added that Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, polled 62,449 to come third.
The votes recorded by other political parties, she said are: A (800); AA (904); AAC(627); ADC (6,078); ADP(2833); APM (884); APP (259); BP (616); NNPP (1,583); NRM (340); SDP (1,746); YPP (461) and ZLP (1,635).
The total number of registered voters, the Returning Officer said, was 7,060,195.
She added that 1,182620 voters were accredited; 1,173,631 votes were cast; 1, 155, 678 votes were valid while 17,953 votes were rejected.
