The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has declared Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) the winner of the governorship election in Lagos State. He is going for a second term of another four years.
He polled a total of 762,134 to defeat first runner-up, Labour Party’s Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, who secured 312,329 votes, even as Abdulazeez Adeniran of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), got 62,449 votes.
The results were announced by the Returning Officer, Prof Adenike Temifayo-Oladiji, Vice Chancellor, Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA).
In Kano State, the governorship candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), Abbas Kabiru Yusuf was declared the winner. He defeated the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna.
Declaring Yusuf winner, the returning officer of the governorship poll Professor Ahmed Doko Ibrahim said that Yusuf got 1,019,602 votes while Gawuna secured 890,705 votes.