Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in Lagos state, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, says he’s not accepting the results and the eventual outcome of the poll. <\/p>\n
He stated that results from his field agents show that he defeated the incumbent Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/p>\n
Although the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is yet to declare a winner in the election, Sanwo-Olu is on course for victory.<\/p>\n
He has won 18 of the 19 Local Government Areas (LGAs) announced so far while Rhodes-Vivour has secured victory in one.<\/p>\n
But reacting to this development in a Twitter thread, the LP governorship candidate said he is \u201cconvinced beyond any doubt \u201d that the outcome of the election does not represent \u201cthe wishes of majority of peaceful Lagosians\u201d.<\/p>\n
He wrote: \u201cFirstly, I would like to thank all Lagosians, especially our supporters for coming out to vote yesterday (Saturday) for us. I\u2019m convinced that with you in our corner, a NEW Nigeria is imminent.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, I am saddened by the confirmed reports of violence and gross disenfranchisement of voters who only wished to perform their civic duty.<\/p>\n
\u201cAttacks on polling units, voters, and our party agents are totally antithetical to what we stand for & what Lagos truly represents.<\/p>\n
\u201cCollusion between the ruling party and electoral officials to return the candidate of the APC is a slap on the face of democracy and everyone who came out to vote for us on Saturday.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the light of this, I am convinced beyond any doubt that the results being released by INEC do not represent the wishes of majority of peaceful Lagosians.<\/p>\n
\u201cMore so the results from our field agents and situation room indicated that we won this election. I am a champion of the people, we are far from done. Do not lose hope, do not waver.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is not over, we have not come this far to accept outright lies, criminality & falsehoods. A fight for FREEDOM is never easily won.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery vote cast for me was done in the face of intimidation and risk of personal harm. Every such vote must count. Defending every one of those votes is a sacred duty. I will defend your votes \u2013 this is my vow to every LP voter.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in Lagos state, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, says he’s not accepting the results and the eventual outcome of the poll. He stated that results from his field agents show that he defeated the incumbent Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Although the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is yet […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":256013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"custom","single_blog_custom":"211693","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"single-left","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"floatbottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"0","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":{"override_bookmark_button":"0","override_show_bookmark_button":"0"},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2196,41804,41726,430],"class_list":["post-256564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-2023-election","tag-guber-polls","tag-rhodes-vivour","tag-sanwo-olu"],"yoast_head":"\n