The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State, Alhaji Tunde Balogun has declared Babajide Sanwo-Olu winner of the Gubernatorial primary election, held Tuesday in Lagos.

Balogun, while announcing the results said the incumbent Governor Akinwumi Ambode of Lagos State polled a total votes of 72,901, against Sanwo-Olu who polled total votes of 970, 851.

He said: “We thank the members for participating in the election to peacefully select APC standard bearer for next year’s election. “They did this with enthusiasm and dedication To be clear, an APC primary election was held in Lagos and this was in accordance with the party constitution. “In pursuant to the constitution, it was stated that the primary would be conducted in direct open system where each voters would queue behind their preferred candidate.”