Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu was born June 25, 1965. He is a Nigerian politician who has served as the governor of Lagos State since 2019.

He became governor under the platform of the All Progressives Congress after contesting and unexpectedly winning the APC gubernatorial primaries against incumbent governor, Akinwunmi Ambode in October 2018. He is a graduate of the University of Lagos, London Business School, Lagos Business School and the John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Before his gubernatorial ambition, he was the managing director and CEO of Lagos State Property Development Corporation (LSPDC).

Sanwo-Olu briefly attended Government Demonstration School, Gbaja Surulere before moving to Ijebu-Ife Grammar School, Ogun State to complete his secondary education. He has a BSc in Surveying and an MBA from the University of Lagos. He is an alumnus of the John F. Kennedy School of Government, the London Business School and the Lagos Business School.

He is an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM) and fellow of the Nigeria Institute of Training and Development (NITAD).

On 16 September 2018, Sanwo-Olu formally declared his intention to run for the office of the governor of Lagos State under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) making him a major contender to the incumbent governor Akinwunmi Ambode.

He won the Lagos gubernatorial primaries of the All Progressives Congress on October 2, 2018. At the APC flag-off campaign rally held on January 8, 2019, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, and 63 political parties lent their support for the candidacy of Sanwo-Olu. In a landslide victory over his opponent Jimi Agbaje, Sanwo-Olu was elected to the Office of Governor of Lagos State at the 2019 Lagos State gubernatorial election held on March 9, 2019. He was sworn in as the 15th Governor of Lagos State at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) Lagos Island on Wednesday May 29, 2019.

The re-election of Sanwo-Olu was contested by both Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the Labour Party (LP) and Olajide Adediran of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

They respectively alleged that Sanwo-olu's deputy, Obafemi Hamzat was not qualified to contest the election because he earlier renounced his Nigerian citizenship and that Sanwo-olu presented a forged high school certificate.

On Monday, September 25, 2023, the Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal threw out both Jandor's and Rhodes-Vivour's petitions and affirmed Sanwo-Olu and Hamzat as duly elected governor and deputy governor of Lagos state.

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