The governorship candidate of the Labour Celebration, LP, within the 2023 election in Lagos, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has revealed why he misplaced to incumbent governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
Rhodes-Vivour, in a publish on X on Monday, mentioned violence was the best issue that led to his loss within the election.
“When you have got normalized violence in opposition to a gaggle of individuals, finally that violence ought to meet you. You have a look at what occurred within the State Meeting the place a majority, greater than 90% of them, determined that they needed another person to talk on their behalf, to symbolize them, and so they went by the complete course of.
“They voted, they stood their floor, regardless of intimidation, regardless of the pressure that was used in opposition to them. However you see how that very same comparable pressure was used to chop quick the desire of the individuals within the State Meeting.
“So it’s a tradition of violence, and intimidation and voter suppression and I feel that the principle impediment for me in 2023 elections,” he mentioned.
