9th May, 2011
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has issued Governor Babatunde Fashola certificate of return for winning the Lagos State Governorship election.
The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Dr. Kunle Ogunmola issued the certificate of return to Fashola today at its state headquarters at Yaba, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.
The certificate thus seals Fashola’s victory during the 26 April governorship election where he defeated several contestants to emerge governor of Lagos for the second term and will be sworn in again on 29 May, 2011.
According to Ogunmola, the certificate of return issued to the governor showed that he actually won the last governorship election in the state.
He, however, scored INEC high for conducting smooth polls devoid of violence and acrimony in Lagos .
“We thank God for the elections and from the comments of people, we have done creditably well. We score ourselves very high,†he said.
Receiving the certificate of return, Fashola promised to do more to lift the state higher, saying he would not disappoint, while calling on Lagosians to support him in his bid to move the state to the next level.
Fashola, the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, candidate, had won the governorship election in April by more than a landslide, polling 1,509,113 votes in the 20 Local Government Areas of the state to defeat Dr. Ade Dosunmu of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who trailed far behind with 300,450 votes.
The final results were announced by INEC Chief Returning Officer for Lagos , Prof. Bola Akinterinwa, who is the Acting Director General, Nigeria Institute of International Affairs, NIIA, Lagos.
Fashola got his highest votes from Alimosho, Mushin and Kosofe Local Governments respectively, polling over 100, 000 votes in each of the councils.
—Kazeem Ugbodaga