The Independent National Electoral Commission has proclaimed Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu the victor of the March 18 gubernatorial election in the state.
Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress won 19 of the state’s 20 local government areas in the election.
Professor Adenike Oladeji, the Returning Officer for the Lagos State Governorship and House of Assembly elections, delivered the announcement in the early hours of Monday, March 20.
Sanwo-Olu defeated his closest rival, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the Labour Party, who got 312,329 votes, and was followed by Olajide Adeniran of the Peoples Democratic Party, who got 62,449 votes.
The state had a total of 7,060,195 registered voters, however the number of authorized voters for the poll was 1,182,620.
While the incumbent governor won 19 of the 20 LGAs, his opponent, Rhodes-Vivour, won only one, Amuwo-Odofin.
“I hereby declare that Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, having satisfied the requirements of the law by having 25% of the total of the LGAs of the states and also having the highest number of votes cast and meeting the requirements of the law, is hereby declared the winner,” said Oladiji, who is also the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Akure.
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