By Abimbola Ogunnaike
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu the winner of the governorship election in Lagos State.
Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), polled a total of 762,134 votes to defeat first runner-up, Labour Party’s (LP) Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour.
The LP candidate secured 312,329 votes, while Abdulazeez Adediran of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), got 62,449 votes.
The results were announced by the Returning Officer, Prof Adenike Temifayo-Oladiji, Vice Chancellor, Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA.
The number of valid votes were 1,155,678; rejected votes, 17,953; total votes cast, 1,173,631; and accredited voters were 1,182,620.
