Popular Nigerian musician Folarin ‘Falz’ Falana, has rubbished Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s return as the executive Governor of Lagos, stating that the governor was elected by the Independent National Electoral commission.
Sanwo-Olu was declared winner on Monday by the Returning Officer, Prof. Adenike Oladeji, after winning 19 out of the 20 local government areas in the state.
“Thank you Lagosians! I am deeply humbled and grateful for the overwhelming support and trust of the good people of Lagos State. I am honored to be re-elected as your Governor and pledge to continue to work tirelessly to deliver a better Lagos for all. Thank you for believing in me, Sanwo-Olu wrote
In his response, Falz slammed the Governor saying:“You were not re-elected. You selected yourself. Everybody saw it unfold. You are only deceiving yourselves.”
He said he was pained that Sanwo-Olu returned after State governor.
“Yes, it is (pain) actually. The pain of knowing that brothers and sisters are being turned against each other in a bid to ‘win’ an election.
“Also the pain of seeing our democratic process rubbished before our very eyes.”
Sanwo-Olu polled a total of 762,134 votes, defeating his rival in the Labour Party, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivourand the Peoples Democratic Party, Abdulazeez Adediran, who polled 312,329 and 62,449 votes respectively
