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Breaking! Lagos Guber: Sanwo-Olu takes strong lead ahead of Vivour-Rhodes

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The governor of Lagos state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has taken a strong lead in the governorship election of the state.

Sanwo-Olu is up against Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the Labour Party (LP) and Abdul-Azeez Adediran of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the governorship position.

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The incumbent governor has won all the 18 LGAs announced so far by officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Sanwo-Olu won in Ikeja, the LGA of the LP governorship candidate. He polled 32,273 votes to defeat Rhodes-Vivour who had 15,174 votes.

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In his own LGA — Lagos Island — Sanwo-Olu won by a healthy margin.

The Lagos governor also won Surulere LGA, the base of Babatunde Fashola, minister of works and housing, and Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house of representatives.

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In Ojo, the LGA of the PDP candidate, Sanwo-Olu also posted a convincing victory. He secured 30,797 votes while the PDP candidate had 3,889 and Rhodes-Vivour polled 19,027.

The Lagos governor however lost to the LP candidate in Amuwo-Odofin LGA.

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So far, the results from 19 of the 20 LGAs in the state have been announced.

The result of Eti-Osa — where election is rounding up — is the only outstanding.

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