A former senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour has been declared the winner of the Labour Party (LP) governorship primary for Lagos.
At a substitution primary election that held at Ikeja, Lagos on Wednesday, Vivour polled 111 votes to defeat Moshood Salvador, a former chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who got 102 votes.
Announcing the results, Bashiru Apapa, deputy national chairman of LP, declared Rhodes-Vivour as the winner of the exercise.
In the acceptance speech, Rhodes-Vivour said his victory is the first step to take over Lagos from the All Progressives Congress (APC).
On his part, Salvador rejected the outcome of the election, alleging that some delegates who voted were not meant to participate in the primary.
