Wale Jagun
Four days after the 2025 Local Government Elections across the 57 Local Government and Local Council Development Areas (LCDA) across the state, the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) has presented the candidates elected as Chairmen and Councillors their certificates of return.
Among those that received their certificates are the six Chairmen – elect: Prince Adedayo Ladega, Chairman – elect, Ikorodu Local Government, Hon. Sulaimon Kazeem Olanrewaju, Chairman – elect, Ikorodu West LCDA, Hon. Ameen Olawale Apanisile, Chairman – elect, Ikorodu North LCDA, Hammed Olalekan Aroyewun (HOA), Chairman – elect, Igbogbo/Baiyeku LCDA, Hon. Motuntayo Gbadebo -Alogba, Chairman – elect, Ijede LCDA and Hon. Sunday Benson, Imota LCDA and 30 Councillors – elect from Ikorodu Division. They were all elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). They were returned as winners by the LASIEC Returning Officers after the collation of election results at various councils and wards.
They were presented with the certificates at the LASIEC office at Sabo, Yaba, Lagos, on Wednesday.
THE IMPACT gathered that the presentation was originally scheduled for Tuesday but was postponed till today due to the public holiday declared by the federal government in honour of late President Muhammad Buhari.
Justice Bola Okikiolu – Ighile (rtd.), Chairman of LASIEC officially declared the election results on Sunday from the LASIEC secretariat. Across the state, APC won the available 57 Chairmen seats and 375 out of the 376 Councilorship seats in Lagos State.
In her remarks at the presentation, Chairman of LASIEC, said with the presentation of certificates of return to the newly elected council chairmen, vice chairmen and councillors, the Commission affirmed the mandates given to them by the electorates.
She described the event as a hallmark of democratic culture, culminating in the actualisation of months of resilient strategic planning, civil participation, and institutional efforts.
“I welcome all of you to this monumental ceremony that is the official presentation of certificates of return to the duly elected chairmen, vice-chairmen, and councillors in the just-concluded local government and local council development areas election.
“This event is more than a ceremony. It is a hallmark of democratic culture, culminating in the actualisation of months of strategic planning, civil participation, and institutional efforts.
“On behalf of the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission, LASIEC, I extend my heartfelt appreciation to all residents of Lagos State for their active participation and support in the process. The successful conduct of important democratic exercise would not have been possible without the collective efforts and cooperation of stakeholders who are the leaders of political thoughts, Inter-Party Advisory Council(IPAC), candidates, security agencies, civil society organisations, traditional institutions, youth organizations, market men and women, faith-based organizations, and persons living with disability, PWDs, the media, election observers, and our dear electorates.
She added: “I also commend the dedication and the display of professionalism by our staff, as well as recruited and co-personnel, we had 45,000 of them across all the polling units.
“I appreciate their steadfastness and commitment despite the operational and logistics challenges experienced during the early hours of the exercise.
“I congratulate all the candidates who participated in the exercise and their supporters in the contest.
“This ceremony is a remarkable milestone that signifies the end of one electoral process and the beginning of another as the tenure of office of the incumbent Chairmen and Councillors ends on the 26th day of July 2025.”
