Sanwo Olu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate in Lagos State on Saturday won the elections at his Lateef Jakande/Femi Okunnu Ward 019 polling unit in Ikoyi, Lagos, by a landslide.
The APC flagbearer scored 124 votes to defeat his closest challenger, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s Jimi Agbaje, who scored 26 votes.
The Action Democratic Congress (ADC) got two votes and the Young Progressive Party (YPP) got one vote.
The APC also won the House of Assembly polls for the Eti-Osa Constituency II.
Incumbent Gbolahan Yishawu, who has represented the constituency since 2011, defeated the PDP by 140 votes to 30.
Only 157 voters were accredited for the exercise out of 1100 registered voters, while four votes were voided.
Earlier, Sanwo-Olu expressed confidence about winning the 2019 gubernatorial elections.
Speaking after casting his vote at about 10:35 am alongside his wife, Ibijoke, he suggested that there was a “divine” influence over his candidacy.
He noted that he and his team had toured the nook and cranny of the state, connecting with Lagosians.
Sanwo-Olu said: “Today makes it exactly six months – it was on the ninth of September – since I collected the APC gubernatorial form, so I think it is divine…
“We are very, very confident, extremely confident with the level of work we’ve done, the level of engagement we’ve seen, with the level of interaction we’ve had, that we will be successful and we’ll come out tops, but that is for INEC to determine and to announce.”
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