20/03/23
Shina J O
Governor Sanwuolu declared winner of governorship election The Incumbent Lagos state governor and Candidate of the ruling party All Progressives Congress has been returned for a second tenure in office.
The state returning officer and vice chancellor, Federal University of Technology Akure, Nike Oladiji who announced the governorship election result says governor Sanwuolu pulled a total seven hundred and sixty two thousand one hundred and thirty four votes to beat his closest rival from the Labour Party , Gbadebo Rhodes Vivour who garnered three hundred and twelve thousand three hundred and Twenty nine votes.
The people’s Democratic party governorship candidate Olajide Adediran came third with a total Sixty two thousand four hundred and forty nine votes.
In all, total valid votes at the end of the exercise was one million, one hundred and fifty five thousand six hundred and seventy eight. Total rejected votes was 17,953 and total cast 1,273631