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The Governor of Lagos State is elected using a modified two-round system. To be elected in the first round, a candidate must receive the plurality of the vote and over 25% of the vote in at least two-thirds of state local government areas. If no candidate passes this threshold, a second round will be held between the top candidate and the next ...
Incumbent APC Governor Akinwunmi Ambode lost to the APC flag bearer Babajide Sanwo-Olu at a direct primary election in October 2018 [1] and hence ineligible to run for second term under APC. Babajide Sanwo-Olu won in a landslide against Jimi Agbaje of the PDP who had previously run unsuccessfully for Lagos state governor twice. From 1999, Lagos ...
The 2023 Nigerian gubernatorial elections were held for state governors in 31 out of 36 Nigerian states.All but three elections were held on 18 March—concurrent with elections to every state house of assembly, three weeks after the presidential election and National Assembly elections—while the Imo State, Kogi State, and Bayelsa State elections will be held on 11 November.
Gbadebo Chinedu Patrick Rhodes-Vivour, also known as GRV, (born 8 March 1983) is a Nigerian architect, entrepreneur and politician.He was the gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party for Lagos State in the 2023 gubernatorial election where he finished runner-up, losing to incumbent governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
An election for Governor of Lagos State took place on 11 April 2015. All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Akinwunmi Ambode, who is a former accountant general of Lagos State, defeated People's Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Jimi Agbaje and Alliance for Democracy (AD) candidate Bolaji Ogunseye. The governor and deputy governor are elected ...
A total of six candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. [24] AD Governor Bola Tinubu won re-election for a second term, defeating PDP's Funsho Williams and four minor party candidates.
The 2007 Lagos State gubernatorial election occurred on 14 April 2007. [1] Babatunde Raji Fashola of the AC defeated other candidates, by polling 599,300 votes, PDP 's Musiliu Olatunde Obanikoro was closest contender with 383,956 votes.
Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, Governor of Lagos State. The current governor of Lagos State is Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who emerged victorious for a second term in office in the March 11, 2023 Governorship elections. [86] [87] Babajide Sanwo-Olu was sworn in on May 29, 2023 for a second term in office, retaining him as the 6th democratic governor of ...