The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, winner of the governorship election held in the state on Saturday, March 18.
The declaration was made in the early hours of Monday, March 20, by the Returning Officer of the Governorship and House of Assembly elections in Lagos State, Professor Adenike Oladeji.
Sanwo-Olu, who won 19 out of the 20 local government areas of the state, polled a total of 762,134 votes to defeat his closest rival, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the Labour Party, who polled 312,329 and followed by Olajide ‘Jandor’ Adeniran of the Peoples Democratic Party who polled 62,449 votes.
