Sanwo-Olu Hails Abiru, Saheed By-Election Victory

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated Tokunbo Abiru and Obafemi Saheed on their victories in the just-concluded Lagos east by-elections.

Sanwo-Olu said the development shows that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is the party to beat in the country’s commercial nerve centre.

Abiru and Saheed were declared winners of the by-elections on Saturday in Lagos East Senatorial District and Kosofe State Constituency II respectively.

“Your emergence as federal and state lawmakers is a validation of peoples’ confidence in our dear party, the APC,” a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Gboyega Akosile, quoted him as saying.

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“Right from the commencement of the process, we never doubted that Tokunbo Abiru and Obafemi Saheed would win the elections based on their credibility and the massive campaigns in all the nooks and crannies of Kosofe II Constituency and Lagos East Senatorial District.

“The victory of the two candidates of our party in the by-elections clearly showed that APC remains a party to beat in Lagos, based on her achievements in the State since the beginning of the current political dispensation in 1999.”

Governor Sanwo-Olu noted that past governments in Lagos State have put the welfare of the people on the front burner which he said has led to “several people-oriented programmes. This has continued to manifest in the voting patterns in the State.”

Eko Hot Blog reported that Abiru polled a total of 89,204 votes to defeat his closest opponent, Babatunde Gbadamosi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who got 11,257 votes.

Saheed, on the other hand, garnered 12,494 votes to beat his rival, Sikiru Alebiosu of PDP who got 2,068 votes.