Lagos State Governor-elect, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on
Tuesday said that he was confident of victory at the Lagos State Gubernatorial
Electoral Petition Tribunal.
Sanwo-Olu expressed optimism when he came to the
tribunal sitting at the Ikeja High Court Complex, to sign a response to two
petitions challenging his victory at the March 9 governorship poll.
The petitions were filed by Chief Owolabi Salis of the
Alliance for Democracy and Prof. Ifagbemi Awamaridi of the Labour Party.
Sanwo-Olu arrived at the premises at 11.14 a.m. alongside
the Deputy Governor-elect, Mr Obafemi Hamzat.
After the signing, the governor-elect told said that “What
we came here to do is to put an official deposition to the challenge by two
gubernatorial candidates.
“We are certainly confident because Lagosians have spoken,
the people went out on March 9 to cast their votes.
“It was devoid of any form of incident, there was not one
incident reported officially. We trust that the tribunal will do its job well
and Lagosians will be happy.”
Sanwo-Olu said that it was the duty of the tribunal to
determine if the petitions had any merit.
“It is a process that all of us must submit ourselves to;
that is why we are here today, and we are confident that the tribunal will do
its job well,” he said.
Sanwo-Olu promised that his administration would undertake
judicial reforms for speedy administration of justice.
“Lagos has championed judicial reforms in the last 20 years,
and my administration will not be different.
“We will still take bold steps to reform to better the
entire process because we understand the importance of the sector,” he said.
Mr Abiodun Owonikoko (SAN), the Head of Sanwo-Olu’s legal
team said that he was also
confident of victory for the governor-elect at the tribunal.
“We are working based on the facts on the ground; we have been
able to review the two petitions, and we are not in any kind of doubt that we
have sufficient and credible answers to all the allegations in the petitions.
“Until today, his excellency (Sanwo-Olu) was not served any
petition. The APC was served but he personally came to the tribunal today to
sign for his own process.
“Immediately he signed, he filed a reply. This is to show
that we are prepared for these petitions, and we have no problem with the
eventual outcome.
“The job of the governor-elect is to defend the election and
protect the mandate of the electorate; that is what he came here to do,” Owonikoko said.
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