By Esan Sefiu
The Executive Chairman of Agege Local Government Area, Alhaji Ganiyu Kola Egunjobi, has congratulated Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, winner of Tuesday’s Lagos All Progressive Congress governorship primary.
Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode’s reelection bid went up in smoke as he bit the dust, losing to Babajide, the current Managing Director/CEO of the Lagos State Development and Property Corporation (LSDPC) in the party primary held across the old twenty local government areas of the state.
The Chairman of the Election Committee, former Akwa-Ibom Governor, Clement Ebiri, who initially invalidated the election result in which Gov. Ambode polled 72,901 while Babajide has 970, 851 votes, reversed himself on Wednesday and validated the result by duly signing it.
Egunjobi, who is also the Director, Civil Society Organisations, Non-Governmental Organisations and Students, in a statement he released following the declaration of Babajide as the winner of the primary, paid tribute to the victor, describing him as “a mirror of nobility”.
“Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu by all accounts deserved to be applauded for a race well ran. He has always been a rock of level headedness and during the race, he demonstrated this attribute.
“Despite the vitriol hauled at him by his opponent and his name dragged in the mud, he kept his feet on the ground. In victory he was humble as reflected by his victory speech today wherein he thanked his opponent for ‘a good fight’.
“In fact, Sanwo-Olu is a mirror of nobility,” the council chief said.
Egunjobi hailed the party members in Agege for turning out en masse for the primary urging them to repeat same feat in the general election scheduled for next year.
According to him, “I commended our members for their impressive turnout despite the postponements of the primary on a number of occasions. Finally, they have made decision by voting massively for Sanwo-Olu. This is not the end of the race. The big battle lies ahead and we must record a landslide victory.”
