2023: Sanwo-Olu Speaks On Plans To Run For Second Term

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has finally broken his silence on plans to run for a second term as Lagos State Governor.

Speaking during an interview on Channels Television on Friday, January 28, 2022, Sanwo-Olu revealed that he will undergo some consultation before he makes any declaration.

The Lagos State governor of the All Progressives Congress (APC) assumed office in May 2019 and will be completing his first term in office by May 2023.

He defeated the then governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, who thus far remains the Lagos State governor who spent just a term of four years since the return to democracy in 1999.

Asked during an interview about his political future and whether he has a plan for a second term as Lagos governor, Sanwo-Olu said, “As we speak, we’ve done two-thirds of our time, about 66 percent because we count it every day.

"The field is not open yet; the race has not been declared open but for me, this four years that I have promised my citizens, I put in every bit of my sweat into it.”

Continuing, Sanwo-Olu marked the script of his administration as “doing a very good job”, adding that the citizens would decide whether to allow his cabinet complete what it started.

“I will ask, I will consult, that is how you get it done, keep your focus on, try and finish very strong. When it is time for us to all of the politicking, we will do it,” he said of the 2023 governorship election in the state.