SANWO-OLU TO BE ISSUED CERTIFICATE OF RETURN FRIDAY BY INEC
Lagos State Governor-elect, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat will be issued their certificates of return on Friday by The Independent Electoral Commission, INEC.
In a statement, the INEC spokesperson, Mr Femi Akinbiyi, said the event, earlier scheduled for Wednesday, would now hold on Friday.
“The event will take place at the INEC Lagos Office at 6, Birrel Avenue, Sabo, Yaba at 11am,” the statement said.
INEC had on March 21 in a statement signed by its Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr Sam Olumekun, announced that it would present the certificates to the newly-elected officers on Wednesday.
Sanwo-Olu of All Progressives Congress had polled 739,445 votes to defeat his closest contender, Jimi Agbaje of the Peoples Democratic Party, who polled 206,141 votes, to win the March 9 governorship election.
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