The Labour Party Governorship candidate in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has lost his polling unit to the incumbent Governor of the state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour's cast his vote at Oshifila in Ikeja in the March 18 election. He lost the polling unit by 11 votes to Sanwo-Olu.
Out of the 50 accredited voters in the polling unit, Sanwo-Olu secured 29 votes while Rhodes-Vivour had 18 votes. The Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Abdulazeez Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, secured only one vote.
Below is a screenshot of the report from Vanguard:
The report of the defeat of the Labour Party candidate in his own polling unit has been trailed by reactions from several members of the public. Some have said that the loss of the polling unit does not matter, as there are still other polling units.
Below are some of the reactions from people:
The 2023 elections have been described by many as the most competitive general elections since the return of democracy in the country.
Since the Labour Party won Lagos State in the February 25th presidential election, a lot of people had believed that Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour would ride on that "Obidient" wave during the governorship election. Well, everyone is still waiting for what will be the outcome of the election.
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