Governor of Lagos State Babatunde Fashola is optimistic that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will win the governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state. Fashola on Saturday made the remark shortly after casting his vote alongside his wife Abimbola Fashola and his son Ademola at polling unit 002, State Senior Grammar School, Itolo, at exactly 2:39pm. He dismissed insinuation of voters' apathy, saying such conclusions can only be drawn after voting and counting of votes. "I have always been optimistic in any contest, so I am optimistic," he stated. On general assessments of the election and the perceived voters' apathy, the governor said: "The answer is to check whether there is a voting point here in addition to a voting unit. If there is, then it means here, you have 500 possibly 1000 people and then that is the way by which you can measure the numbers. "By scientific measures, what percentage of people actually came out to accredit themselves, how many people came back to vote after accreditation, and that will only be possible to know after the votes are counted. "It is then that you will be able to measure how many people voted, how many people came for accreditation, how many people were registered and how many people collected PVC. So, all of these questions to my view are a little premature as far as turnout is concerned." The governor added that reports at his disposal indicated that the Independent National Electoral Commission officials and materials for election arrived at many polling units and points on time, just as accreditation went smoothly.
