The Lagos State Independent Electoral
Commission (LASIEC) said it is yet to
conclude the collation of final results for
Saturday’s local government elections held in
the state.
The Chairman of LASIEC, Justice Ayotunde
Phillips (rtd), disclosed this to Channels
Television on Sunday evening in an
interview on News At 10.
While giving reasons for the delay in the
announcement of results, Justice Philips
said: “We are just waiting for the result from
one local government”.
She, however, noted that the commission
did its best in conducting a free and fair
election and would learn from its mistakes
going forward.
“You can never be 100% satisfied, I’ve heard
complaints. The weather was not really in
our favour and we had a bit of problem
getting some of the materials to some of the
areas but I think we did our best.
“There is still room for improvement and we
are going to learn from our mistakes and
we’ll improve as we go along,” the chairman
stated.
Meanwhile, the Lagos State Police Command
said it has arrested about 110 suspects for
various offences during the local
government election which held on
Saturday.
The Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni,
said: “As of the time I left the office (on
Saturday evening), we should be having
about 110 suspects that have been arrested
for one thing or the other. There may still be
more because we’ve not finished the whole
process but as of now, we have close to
about 110 suspects in custody.”
Owoseni who said he also monitored the
process in some areas of the state noted
that the police responded promptly to the
incidence of violence in some parts of the
state.
