Politics
INEC declares Sanwo-Olu as winner of Lagos governorship election
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has declared APC’s Sanwo-Olu winner of Lagos 2023 governorship election after final collation of results.
Sanwo-Olu was announced the winner of the election around 1am on Monday, March 20. The returning officer, Professor Oladiji Adenike, announced that Sanwo-Olu polled 762,134 votes to win the election.
Rhodes-Vivour of the LP came second with 312,329 votes, while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s Jando trailed in third place with 62,449 votes.
A total of 1,182,620 voters were accredited, while 1,155,678 votes were valid.