Lagos supplementary election: APC Rep candidate warns against bloodshed
Taiwo, popularly called HKT, told newsmen on Saturday in Lagos, that no blood should be shed for any position no matter how high in the April 27 poll.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission had said that the supplementary election would hold in 71 polling units across eight wards in the constituency. “We should vote and see everyone as our brother irrespective of his or her political leaning. If I win by the grace of God, I will be representing everybody, including those who will not vote for me.
Taiwo, the former Deputy Speaker of the Lagos Assembly, said that INEC had been challenged already to ensure credibility and that he knew that the commission would do the right thing.
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