Yemisi Izuora
In real demonstration of spirit of sportsmanship, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate, Jimi Agbaje has accepted defeat by recognizing the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu as winner of the governorship poll in Lagos. He also congratulated the winner for beating him.
Sanwo-Olu polled 739,445 votes to defeat Jimi Agbaje of the PDP, who polled 206,141 votes.
Sanwo-Olu defeated Agbaje by 533,304 votes, making it a landslide victory for the APC candidate.
However, Sanwo-Olu, on his twitter handle said at exactly 19:07pm, Agbaje called him to congratulate him on his victory at the poll.
“At exactly 19:07pm, I received a call. Thank you @jimiagbaje for your congratulatory call filled with kind words. It was an intense campaign and I am happy we can now focus on the very important job at hand; delivering a Lagos that works for all,” he said.