Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the Labour Party’s governorship candidate in Lagos State for the March 11 governorship election, has disclosed that the party received over 900,000 votes in the presidential election but was denied victory.
During a press conference in Lagos on Wednesday, Rhodes-Vivour expressed confidence that his party will defeat the state’s ruling All Progressives Congress.
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According to him, the Labour Party triumphed in Alimosho and Ikeja, garnering over 900,000 votes, demonstrating that his party will defeat the APC in a free and fair election.
The Independent National Electoral Commission’s announcement of the results of the Lagos presidential election contradicts Rhodes-allegation. Vivour’s
According to INEC, Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, received 582,454 votes, defeating his nearest challenger, Bola Tinubu of the APC, who received 572,606 votes.
Tinubu is a former governor of Lagos.
Rhodes-Vivour said, “We won in Alimosho, we won in Ikeja, we won in Lagos Mainland despite all the cheating and manipulation of votes that we saw from 50,000 votes that are missing in Alimosho and another 20,000 votes missing in Ikeja.
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“From our situation room, we saw that we won over 900,000 votes as opposed to APC 155,000 votes.
“We took Lagos State and returned back to the people.”
He assured that if elected the state governor on March 11, 2023, his government will create opportunities to make life more meaningful for the people of the state.
He said, “We have an empowerment scheme to lift one million people out of poverty in Lagos.”
“We will ensure we tackle poverty and by doing this, we are going to take the wealth that has accumulated in the hands of one man, his family and his friends and put it in the handS of everyday Lagosians.” he said.
He also vowed to get thugs off the streets of Lagos and put them to work.
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Rhodes-Vivour urged party supporters to turn out in large numbers to vote for the Labour Party in the state governorship and House of Assembly elections, adding that the mandate they gave the party during the presidential and National Assembly elections would be reclaimed as the party would seek redress in court.
“We must complete this process of taking Lagos and taking Nigeria back for the people of Nigeria.
“We have been fooled once because the INEC chairman promised us that we are going to have electronic transmission of votes; the security agencies promised us that we are going to have peaceful election, we saw that is not the case and that is not going to happen again.
“I assure you Lagosians to come out with confidence because we have made plans for your safety and you will start to see those plans manifest in the coming days.
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“So, don’t be deterred, we must complete this mission, we have made independent arrangements and you are going to be safe,” Rhodes-Vivour said.
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