2023 Presidential poll outcome embarrassing — Sanwo-Olu

2026-03-18 - 00:33

By Olasunkanmi Akoni LAGOS — GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, yesterday, explained that leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, were embarrassed by the outcome of the 2023 presidential election in Lagos, vowing to ensure total victory for the re-election of President Bola Tinubu in 2027. The governor, who spoke through his Chief of Staff, Tayo Ayinde, during the Annual Lagos APC Ramadan Public Lecture, held in Ikeja, Lagos, described the 2023 presidential polls result in Lagos as “embarrassing.” Addressing party members, Sanwo-Olu urged them to begin early preparations for the 2027 general elections, stressing the importance of voter registration and participation as critical tools in securing electoral victory for the party. He said: “Don’t let things be like the last time, we all must get our PVCs, because what happened the last time was not good enough and we are still ashamed of it. I am serious; we are honestly still ashamed of it. “But for things not to go that route, we all must equip ourselves with our Personal Voter Cards, PVCs, ahead of the next year’s elections.” Sanwo-Olu stressed that sustaining the achievements of the current administration at the federal level would depend largely on ensuring the re-election of President Tinubu for a second term. Also speaking, Lagos State Chairman of the APC, Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi, represented by Mr Muyideen Daromola, urged Muslim faithful to sustain the virtues imbibed during Ramadan.