The PDP’s governorship candidate for Lagos State, Jimi Agbaje has given reasons why he lost the governorship elections. In his own words; “From the outset, it was clear that the numbers were on our side and naturally, that was our comparable strength but the moment you had the numbers slashed, then we were at a disadvantage. The strategy of the other side was to make sure that those numbers did not come out to vote and to that extent, it has worked in their favor.
”It is not good for our democracy when only about 20 percent come out to vote. There was voter apathy because of the event that happened during the presidential election.”We are calling on security agencies that those responsible for the mayhem in Okota, Coker Aguda and other areas, where it was obvious to people, as to what happened, to bring them to book immediately.‘This is very important, because if we are going to talk about democracy, then we have to practice it properly. Everybody must play his part.“We have told voters to come out and vote, and we assured them that their votes would count.“If we have a situation where we don’t bring to book those who created problems in the polls, that have disenfranchised many voters, we are just paying lip service to democracy,’’ 
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