Finally, Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, has been declared winner of Lagos State Governorship Election held on Saturday 9 March 2019.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), at about 7.05pm on Sunday, declared the APC’s candidate in a landslide victory.
Sanwo-olu defeated his lead rival, Mr. Jimi Agbaje of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with a wide margin of 533,304 votes.
Following a thorough collation of the results, INEC State Returning Officer, Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede, declared that having polled 739,445 votes, Sanwo-Olu of the APC had been returned winner in the exercise.
He announced that Agbaje of the PDP, polled 206,141 votes in a contest conducted across the 20 Local Government Areas of the state.
The APC gubernatorial candidate won all the 20 Local Governments in the state.
Similarly, the APC won all the 40 state House of Assembly seats in the state.
In the meantime, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate, Jimi Agbaje has conceded defeat by congratulating the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu for winning the governorship poll in Lagos.
Sanwo-Olu polled 739,445 votes to defeat Jimi Agbaje of the PDP, who polled 206,141 votes.
Sanwo-Olu defeated Agbaje by 533,304 votes, making it a landslide victory for the APC candidate.
However, Sanwo-Olu, on his twitter handle said at exactly 19:07pm, Agbaje called him to congratulate him on his victory at the poll.
“At exactly 19:07pm, I received a call. Thank you @jimiagbaje for your congratulatory call filled with kind words. It was an intense campaign and I am happy we can now focus on the very important job at hand; delivering a Lagos that works for all,” he said.
