THE ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party in Nigeria's most populated LGA - Alimosho LGA has reclaimed its dominance in the area after overwhelming votes were cast in favour of the party's candidates in the just concluded Gubernatorial and House of Assembly polls.
Recall that the party had lost to the Labour Party in the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections, resulting in the party re-strategising.
Internal rifts among the party supporters had been mentioned as the reason for the defeat, and days to the polls, various stakeholders had assured all issues have been resolved and the party set to win.
LAGOS 2023: ALIMOSHO APC RESOLVES INTERNAL ISSUES, SET TO DELIVER SANWO-OLU ON SATURDAY
With the announcement of results, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu emerged victorious in Alimosho with 83,631 votes, LP garnered 37,136 votes, PDP scored 7,872 votes, while other political parties in the contest polled less than 700 votes each.
Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress also cleared 19 out of the 20 local government areas of the state in the election.
The declaration was made in the early hours of Monday, March 20, 2023, by the Returning Officer of the Governorship and House of Assembly elections in Lagos State, Professor Adenike Oladeji.
In total, Sanwo-Olu, who polled 762,134 votes, defeated his closest rival, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the Labour Party who polled 312,329, and Olajide Adeniran of the Peoples Democratic Party who polled 62,449 votes.
