Sanwo-Olu emerges Lagos governor-elect

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Mr Babajide Sanwo-olu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State has emerged winner of the Saturday’s Governorship election in the state, beating Jimi Agbaje of the Peoples Democratic Party with 533,304 votes.

Lagos governor-elect, Babajide Sanwo-Olu

For Agbaje, the margin of loss was higher than what he recorded in 2015, when he lost to outgoing Governor Akinwunmi Ambode. He then polled 659,738 votes to Ambode’s 812,394

Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede, Vice Chancellor, Obafemi Awolowo University and State Returning Officer for Lagos governorship election, said that Sanwo-Olu polled 739, 445 votes to defeat Agbaje who scored 206, 141 votes.

Sanwo-olu won in all the local government results declared by INEC at the end of the exercise under the monitoring of party agents and security agencies.

Ogunbodede declared Sanwo-Olu the winner at the end of the collation.

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