{"id":85180,"date":"2023-03-27T08:25:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T07:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/lagos-election-lp-readies-suit-against-apc-sanwo-olu-pdp-silent-2"},"modified":"2023-03-27T10:23:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T09:23:56","slug":"lagos-election-lp-readies-suit-against-apc-sanwo-olu-pdp-silent-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-election-lp-readies-suit-against-apc-sanwo-olu-pdp-silent-2","title":{"rendered":"Lagos election: LP readies suit against APC, Sanwo-Olu, PDP silent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Labour Party, LP, is set to challenge the victory of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the March 18 Lagos gubernatorial election.<\/p>\n<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on March 20, declared Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, winner and Governor-elect.<\/p>\n<p>The incumbent polled 762,134 votes, defeating Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the LP who scored 312,329. Olajide Adediran of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, got 62,449 votes.<\/p>\n<p>The results announced by the Returning Officer, Prof Adenike Temifayo-Oladiji, VC, Federal University of Technology Akure, show 1,182,620 accredited voters, 1,173,631 votes cast, and 17,953 rejected.<\/p>\n<p>The tension ahead of the poll culminated when, on election day, supporters of the APC, disenfranchised Igbos, as well as Yorubas who \u201clook like\u201d Igbos.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of residents could not vote in many units across the state after harassment, intimidation, and violent acts that involved the use of dangerous weapons.<\/p>\n<p>Before the declaration, LP Chairman in Lagos, Dayo Ekong decried how people were blocked from voting in Alimosho, Eti-Osa, Ibeju-Lekki, among other Local Governments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are no results from over 1,000 units. People died&#8230;people were disenfranchised. This election is a sham&#8230;an election marred by violence!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to tell you, Mr. Gbaje, the REC, that you have failed the youths. You have failed the masses, and you have not done the right thing,\u201d she stressed.<\/p>\n<p>In his remarks, Rhodes-Vivour, alias GRV alleged \u201ccollusion\u201d between the APC and electoral officials in efforts to return Governor Sanwo-Olu.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe results being released by INEC do not represent the wishes of the majority of peaceful Lagosians&#8230;results from our agents and situation room indicated that we won,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The candidate and his party are now proceeding to the court, seeking to upturn INEC\u2019s pronouncement.<\/p>\n<p>One of Rhodes-Vivour\u2019s close aides confirmed that plans are being finalised to file a petition at the Governorship Election Tribunal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are heading to the tribunal, we are currently filing the brief,\u201d the source told DAILY POST Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>The LP and GRV are expected to prove how supporters were stopped from voting for GRV and whether the loss of those votes caused their defeat.<\/p>\n<p>However, after polling less than 10 percent of Sanwo-Olu\u2019s tally, neither the PDP nor its candidate a.k.a. Jandor has said much on the next move.<\/p>\n<p>PDP Chairman in Lagos, Philip Aivoji maintained sealed lips when asked to speak on the possibility of a legal action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease ask the candidate, I don\u2019t want to comment on it\u201d, replied the ex-Commissioner for Commerce, Industry and Tourism.<\/p>\n<p>PDP Publicity Secretary\/Jandor Campaign spokesperson Hakeem Amode did not take calls or reply to a text message on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The tribunal in Lagos was constituted before the start of the general elections by Court of Appeal President, Justice M. B. Dongban-Mensem.<\/p>\n<p>The Lagos State Chief Judge, Justice Kazeem O. Alogba has approved the use of Rosaline Omotoso Courthouse in Ikeja as the venue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Labour Party, LP, is set to challenge the victory of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the March 18 Lagos gubernatorial election. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on March 20, declared Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, winner and Governor-elect. The incumbent polled 762,134 votes, defeating Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the LP [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":85179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,34,9944,5506,254,65,687],"class_list":["post-85180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-apc","tag-lagos-election","tag-lp","tag-nigeria","tag-pdp","tag-sanwo-olu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lagos election: LP readies suit against APC, Sanwo-Olu, PDP silent - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Labour Party, LP, is set to challenge the victory of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the March 18 Lagos gubernatorial ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-election-lp-readies-suit-against-apc-sanwo-olu-pdp-silent-2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lagos election: LP readies suit against APC, Sanwo-Olu, PDP silent\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Labour Party, LP, is set to challenge the victory of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the March 18 Lagos gubernatorial ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-election-lp-readies-suit-against-apc-sanwo-olu-pdp-silent-2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-03-27T07:25:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-03-27T09:23:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1679889315.16-6421608e92434.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"516\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-election-lp-readies-suit-against-apc-sanwo-olu-pdp-silent-2#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-election-lp-readies-suit-against-apc-sanwo-olu-pdp-silent-2\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Lagos election: LP readies suit against APC, Sanwo-Olu, PDP silent\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-27T07:25:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-27T09:23:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-election-lp-readies-suit-against-apc-sanwo-olu-pdp-silent-2\"},\"wordCount\":495,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-election-lp-readies-suit-against-apc-sanwo-olu-pdp-silent-2#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1679889315.16-6421608e92434.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"APC\",\"Lagos Election\",\"LP\",\"Nigeria\",\"PDP\",\"Sanwo-Olu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-election-lp-readies-suit-against-apc-sanwo-olu-pdp-silent-2#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-election-lp-readies-suit-against-apc-sanwo-olu-pdp-silent-2\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-election-lp-readies-suit-against-apc-sanwo-olu-pdp-silent-2\",\"name\":\"Lagos election: LP readies suit against APC, Sanwo-Olu, PDP silent - 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