The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Jimi Agbaje, has approached the election tribunal, challenging the victory of the Governor-elect, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode.

It was the first sitting of the Lagos State Election Petition Tribunal. Reporters were not allowed to film the proceedings of the two panels of tribunal that sat on Tuesday.

One of the panels heard the petition filed by Agbaje. The panel rejected the request by the petitioner to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to make available all materials used for the election, but granted a request to allow the petitioner inspect the materials used specifically for the governorship elections in Lagos State.

Ambode, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was declared the winner of the April 11 election, polled 811,994 votes as against Agbaje’s 659,788 votes.

Agbaje had promptly congratulated Ambode after he was declared winner by INEC. He said: “I wish him well and pray he will be successful in guiding this state.”

He later told Channels Television that he was happy with the outcome of the election, but stressed that if there were issues with the process, his party would address them through the right channel.

•Adapted from a Channels TV report. Photo shows Jimi Agbaje.