The Labour Party’s Lagos state governorship candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has stated that he will never congratulate Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for winning the election.
The incumbent governor was declared winner of the election after receiving the most votes in 19 of the state’s 20 local government areas. He was re-elected governor of Lagos state after defeating PDP’s Jandor and GRV.
Speaking after his loss, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour heavily criticized the electoral process in the state, calling it a “sham”.
He claimed that the results were rigged and that the one he has differs from the one announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The politician also vowed to challenge the outcome in court, but until then, he will not call Sanwo-Olu to congratulate him.
His words,
“The signatures are there, but these results have been tampered with and uploaded. Also, a lot of results are called authentic results, but they are state of assembly results or presidential results. These results are being calculated and announced by INEC. There are so many instances of these, and it won’t stand.
“We have our own results, which we are in the lead and we will challenge this in a court of law. This was a sham and compromise of an election, it was an illegality that has never been perpetrated in Lagos since I was born.
“This was an election where an entire agent of a party was chased away from their polling unit. I will never call Babajide Sanwo-Olu to congratulate him for this sham of an election.
“This has set the precedence for violence in the election as ideas might not be discussed anymore.”
