The governor-elect of Lagos State, the acclaimed ‘No Man’s Land,’ Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, has said that Lagosian’s have spoken loud and clear with his election for a second term in office.
At exactly 1:15 am on Monday, the Returning Officer for the governorship election, Prof. Adenike Oladiji, declared 57-year-old Sanwo-Olu the winner of the election.
He emerged victorious by beating 15 other political parties with 762,134 votes after winning convincingly in 19 of the state’s 20 local government areas.
Moments after the declaration, Governor Sanwo-Olu said to a cheering crowd: “To all of our fellow contestants, we want to salute you for participating in the democratic process, but Lagosians have spoken and have spoken well. They have spoken loud.”
He thereafter extended his hand of fellowship to all the contestants, saying, “In the true spirit of sportsmanship, if you indeed believe that you want to serve this state, you have an opportunity with us and we will open our doors to listen and to give you a space in this government.”
Sanwo-Olu’s closest rival, the candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Gbadebo Rhodes-Viviour, garnered 312,329 votes. He won in one local government, Amuwo-Odofin, where he scored 34,860 votes as against Sanwo-Olu’s 17,756 votes.
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate, Mr Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran, polled 62,449 votes to come a distant third.
Sanwo-Olu’s performance represents a progression over the 2019 result, where as the APC candidate, he won by polling 739,445 votes, followed by his PDP opponent, Mr Jimi Agbaje, who had 206,141 votes.
APC’s biggest haul of votes in Saturday’s election were from Alimoso Local Government Area – 83,631; Ikorodu – 64,697; and Mushin – 52,249 votes.
Below are the details of the election results:
•Agege
APC – 35,845
LP – 8,486
PDP – 3,176
•Ajeromi/Ifelodun
APC – 39,798
LP – 19,821
PDP – 2,607
•Alimoso
APC – 83,631
LP – 37,136
PDP – 7,872
•Amuwo Odofin
APC – 17,756
LP – 34,860
PDP – 1,809
•Apapa
APC – 21,007
LP – 4,157
PDP – 2,487
•Badagry
APC – 41,482
LP – 8,863
PDP – 5,472
•Eti-Osa
APC – 25,963
LP – 19,967
PDP – 1,215
•Epe
APC – 29,614
LP – 1,515
PDP – 3,272
•Ibeju-Lekki
APC – 19,369
LP – 3,785
PDP – 3,189
•Ifako-Ijaiye
APC – 38,682
LP – 13,020
PDP – 2,262
•Ikeja
APC – 32,273
LP – 15,174
PDP – 1,161
•Ikorodu
APC – 64,697
LP – 13,207
PDP – 3,797
•Kosofe
APC – 49,344
LP – 26,123
PDP – 3,537
•Lagos Island
APC – 37,760
LP – 1,317
PDP – 1,783
•Lagos Mainland
APC – 26,021
LP – 9,999
PDP – 2,362
•Mushin
APC – 52,249
LP – 11,759
PDP – 4,006
•Ojo
APC – 30,797
LP – 19.027
PDP – 3,889
•Oshodi-Isolo
APC – 36,792
LP – 24,948
PDP – 2,515
•Somolu
APC – 36,783
LP – 15,096
PDP – 3,130
•Surulere
APC – 42,451
LP – 28.069
PDP – 2,200.
