Opposition parties in Lagos State have protested the victory of the All Progressives Congress in Saturday’s local government elections.
The PUNCH reports that the APC clinched all 57 chairmanship seats and 375 out of 376 councillorship positions in the election.
The Chairman of the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission, Justice Bola Okikiolu-Ighile (retd.), announced the results on Sunday at the commission’s headquarters in Sabo Yaba, Lagos.
LASIEC said the APC swept the polls in all 20 local government areas and 37 local council development areas of the state.
In a major upset, however, the Peoples Democratic Party secured a rare victory in Ward D of the Yaba LCDA, where its candidate, Babatunde Dosunmu, defeated the APC contender.
Dosunmu, a former APC member, defected to the PDP shortly before the poll.
While reacting in an interview with The PUNCH on Sunday, the PDP’s Deputy Chairman in the state, Tai Benedict, said he was not disappointed at the result and commended the party’s supporters.
