2023 Lagos State gubernatorial election
The 2023 Lagos State gubernatorial election will take place in early 2023, to elect the Governor of Lagos State. Incumbent APC Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu is eligible to run for re-election, but has not yet stated whether he will do so. The primaries will be scheduled for late 2022 or early 2023.
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Electoral system
The Governor of Lagos State is elected using a modified two-round system. To be elected in the first round, a candidate must receive the plurality of the vote and over 25% of the vote in at least two-thirds of state local government areas. If no candidate passes this threshold, a second round will be held between the top candidate and the next candidate to have received a plurality of votes in the highest number of local government areas.
Primary elections
The primaries, along with any potential challenges to primary results, will take place in late 2022 or early 2023.
APC
Some stakeholders have called for Governor Sanwo-Olu to step down, as to allow a Muslim candidate to run since a Muslim would not have been elected Governor since 2011; however, others claim Sanwo-Olu should be allowed to run for two terms before a Muslim candidate is nominated in 2027 or that Sanwo-Olu's first term should not be simply seen as an extension of former Governor Akinwunmi Ambode's term (especially as Ambode is from Lagos East while Sanwo-Olu is from Lagos Central).[1][2][3]
Potential
- Abdulhakeem Abdullateef, former Commissioner for Home Affairs[4]
- Tokunbo Abiru, Lagos East Senator[1][3]
- Femi Hamzat, incumbent Deputy Governor[1][3]
- Hakeem Muri-Okunola, state Head of Service[1][3]
- Babajide Sanwo-Olu, incumbent Governor[1][5][2][3]
- Seyi Tinubu, CEO of Loatsad Promomedia and son of former Governor of Lagos State Bola Tinubu[2][6]
Declined
- Femi Gbajabiamila, federal Surulere I Representative and Speaker of the House of Representatives[5]
Potential
- Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran, Convener of the Lagos4Lagos Movement[7]
- Babatunde Gbadamosi, 2019 ADP gubernatorial nominee and 2020 PDP Lagos East senatorial by-election nominee[8]
Declined
- Jimi Agbaje, 2015 and 2019 PDP gubernatorial nominee[9]
References
- Akinsuyi, Temidayo. "2023: Can Sanwo-Olu Scale Second Term Hurdle?". Independent. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- Olaleye, Olawale. "Lagos 2023: The Amber Light Flashes". ThisDay. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
- Akinsuyi, Temidayo. "2023: No Vacancy In Lagos Govt House, APC Leaders Tell Gbajabiamila, Hamzat, Others". Independent Nigeria. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
- Oyeleke, Sodiq. "Ex-Lagos commissioner, Abdullateef, returns to APC". The Punch. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- Oyero, Kayode. "2023: Sanwo-Olu doing well, I have no plan to become Lagos gov, says Gbaja". The Punch. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- "Tinubu 'Has Positioned His Son To Become Lagos Governor In 2023'". Sahara Reporters. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
- "Lagos APC Faction Defects To PDP". Sahara Reporters. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- Olumide, Seye. "COVID-19: Lagos APC, Gbadamosi factor and 2023 guber politics". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- Elegbede, Wale. "2023: Jimi Agbaje Denies Guber Ambition". New Telegraph. Retrieved 9 September 2021.