APC will win Lagos polls – Fashola

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, on Saturday said
he is optimistic that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will
win the governorship and House of Assembly elections in the
state.
Fashola made the remark shortly after casting his vote
alongside his wife Abimbola Fashola and his son Ademola at
polling unit 002, State Senior Grammar School, Itolo, at exactly
2:39pm.
He dismissed insinuation of voters’ apathy, saying such
conclusions can only be drawn after voting and counting of
votes.
He said,” I have always been optimistic in any contest, so I am
optimistic.”
On general assessments of the election and the perceived
voters’ apathy, he said: “The answer is to check whether there
is a voting point here in addition to a voting unit. If there is,
then it means here, you have 500 possibly 1000 people and then
that is the way by which you can measure the numbers.
“By scientific measures, what percentage of people actually
came out to accredit themselves, how many people came back
to vote after accreditation, and that will only be possible to
know after the votes are counted.
“It is then that you will be able to measure how many people
voted, how many people came for accreditation, how many
people were registered and how many people collected PVC.
So, all of these questions to my view are a little premature as
far as turnout is concerned.”
The governor added that reports at his disposal indicated that
the Independent National Electoral Commission officials and
materials for election arrived at many polling units and points
on time, just as accreditation went smoothly.