Politics

Sanwo-Olu Conveniently Wins Lagos Governorship Election

Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Babajide Sanwo-Olu has won the Lagos governorship election.

Sanwo-Olu conveniently secured a total of 739,445 votes to beat his closest rival, Jimmy Agbaje of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who polled a total of 206,141 votes.

INEC’s Returning Officer and Vice Chancellor, Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede, averred that the APC candidate, Sanwo-Olu, having polled a majority of the votes cast at the polls, is declared the winner of the election.

Sanwo-Olu defeated Agbaje by a very broad margin of 533,304 votes.

Mr. Jimmy Agbaje has since congratulated his APC counterpart.

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