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Akinwande Soji-Ojo
The Labour Party governorship candidate in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has said there was no gubernatorial election in the state on March 18.
Rhodes-Vivour stated this while addressing the media on Wednesday.
He said the March 18 governorship election in the state was marred by violence.
“There was no election in Lagos State. It was violence at multiple levels, physically and diabolically.
“My dear Lagosians, our enemies are not our neighbours or our visitors or fellow Lagosians. Our common enemy is violence, insecurity, poverty, stagnation, corruption and underdevelopment,” he said.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had announced Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of last Saturday’s election in the state.
Sanwo-Olu polled 762,134 votes to defeat Rhodes-Vivour, who polled 312,329 votes. Olajide Adediran of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) polled 62,449 votes to place third.
Rhodes-Vivour also debunked the statement credited to PDP’s candidate, Adediran, who claimed the Labour Party candidate’s ambition to occupy the state’s governorship seat was backed by godfathers.
Jandor was quoted to have said on Tuesday that Rhodes-Vivour was being endorsed by godfathers such as the PDP chieftain, Chief Bode George.
“I fought against godfatherism in Lagos APC. My refusal in recognising Bode George as a godfather in the PDP is a major reason for his endorsement of Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of LP against my candidature in the PDP,” Jandor had said.
Reacting, Rhodes-Vivour said there was no godfather in Labour Party and he did not have one, adding that he only had mentors and leaders.
“In the Labour Party, there is no godfather. I have no godfather.
“I had no godfather in PDP. I only had mentors and leaders,” he said.