Lagos LG Polls: APC wins chairmanship seats in Ikorodu, Igbogbo/Baiyeku LCDA
The chairmanship candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have emerged winners of the Lagos State local government election in Ikorodu Local Government Area(LGA) and Igbogbo/Baiyeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA).
The returning officers announced the results at about 12:35 a.m.
The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) returning officer, Aregbesola Yekinni, declared Adedayo Ladega as the duly elected chairman of the Ikorodu LG, having secured 38,946 votes.
His closest rivals, Saidat Odofin of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) got 2,592 votes; Labour Party (LP) candidate, Abdulazeez Awesu, garnered 2,753 votes, while the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) candidate scored 68 votes.
Similarly, the LASIEC returning officer, Priscilla Oluwakanyinsola, declared Hammed Aroyewun of APC the winner in the Igbogbo/Baiyeku LCDA, after he garnered 15,015 votes to defeat Liadi Olawale of the PDP, who scored 341 votes.
Reacting to the victory, the outgoing chairman of Ikorodu LG, Wasiu Adesina, described the win as emphatic for the APC.
He expressed gratitude to the electorate for their overwhelming support and promised continued delivery of democratic dividends at the grassroots.
(NAN)
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