Lagos2023: Funke Akindele loses LGA to Sanwo-Olu
Nigeria, March 19 -- The PDP deputy governorship candidate in Lagos State, Funke Akindele, has lost the Saturday gubernatorial election in her Ikorodu Local Government Area by a large margin to the incumbent governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu-Olu.
Mr Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress polled 64,697 votes far ahead of his closest rival,
Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, of the Labour Party, polled 13,207 votes, while Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran (Jandor) of the Peoples Democratic Party, came a distant third with only 3,797.
PREMIUM TIMES had reported that the actress voted at Ita Aro Square in the Ikorodu area of Lagos at about 10:12 a.m. on Saturday.
Ms Akindele was allowed to vote immediately after she arrived at the polling unit. Her polling...
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