The Lagos governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Jimi Agbaje, and the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, have asked Lagosians to come out and vote.
They each made the call after casting their votes in Lagos on Saturday.
Jimi Agbaje appealed to the residents to come out and vote, noting that the violence experienced in Feb. 23 polls could be the reason many have stayed back in their houses.
“We are appealing to Lagosians to please come out and vote.
“Yes, we know there have been issues, we know that the problems of last elections may have affected this particular turn out so far in the sense that the intimidation of the last elections, the violence, the thuggery, the ballot box snatching, the ballot paper burning and all and even the intimidation that has taken place in the last two weeks or so; but I keep saying that democracy is not something that is served on a platter of Gold”.
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Agbaje also asked that all glitches currently being experienced in some polling units be fixed quickly.
In a similar vein, Babajide Sanwo-Olu urged voters to come out en masse to vote, stressing that all provision has been put in place to ensure that the exercise runs smoothly.
He also expressed confidence in winning the 2019 gubernatorial elections in the state.
Speaking after casting his vote at Lateef Jakande Avenue/Femi Okunnu, Ikoyi, polling, he urged those who have voted to urge others to take part of the elections.
Reacting to a question about the possibilty of his winning the election, Sanwo-Olu noted that he and his team had done enough to win the votes of the electorate in Lagos.
“Today makes it exactly six months – it was on the ninth of September – since I collected the APC gubernatorial form, so I think it is divine.”
“We are very, very confident, extremely confident with the level of work we’ve done, the level of engagement we’ve seen, with the level of interaction we’ve had that we will be successful and we’ll come out tops, but that is for INEC to determine and to announce.”
