Posted by Amarachi on Mon 29th May, 2023 - tori.ng
The Oath of Office, which was administered by the Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem Alogba, signals the beginning of the governor’s second term of four years.
Babajide Sanwo-Olu has taken the oath of office for his second term as the governor of Lagos state.
The Oath of Office, which was administered by the Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem Alogba, signals the beginning of the governor’s second term of four years.
The governor was sworn in at 11:38 am.
Earlier, the deputy governor of the state, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, took the Oath of Office as Deputy Governor for his second term in office.
Sanwo-Olu was declared the winner of the 2023 governorship election having polled 762,134 votes, while his closest rival, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the Labour Party, polled 312,329 votes. The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olajide Adediran, came third with 62,449 votes.