Nigeria Decides 2019
LAGOS GUBER: AD candidate who scored 3,370 votes, rejects result, to approach tribunal
The governorship candidate of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) in Lagos State in the March 9 election, Owolabi Salis, has expressed surprise that he lost the election to the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
While speaking at a news conference in Lagos on Monday, Owolabi insisted he would challenge the result at the election tribunal.
He maintained that the election was marred with ”multiple voting, intimidation, and collation fraud.”
Sanwo-Olu was declared winner of the election by the Returning Officer of INEC in the state, Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede.
He polled a total of 739,445 votes, while his closest rival and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, got 206,141 votes.
Salis polled a total of 3,370 votes in the election.
Owolabi said, “I am not accepting the result of the governorship election. It is complete fraud.
“This is not an election and I totally reject it. A lot of miscounting was done against AD; they even tried to relegate us by putting us in the sixth position.
“I do not believe Sanwo-Olu won a clear contest,” Salis said.
“I am going to court. I have overwhelming evidence and will get lawyers that handle election matters to look into these irregularities committed against my party in the just-concluded election.
“It is very easy to win the case when you have enough evidence,” he said.
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