APC CLEARS LAGOS HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY POLLS


APC CLEARS LAGOS HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY POLLS.
By Leo Ezekiel and Miles Olu
The All Progressives Congress, APC had reportedly won all seats declared so far in the Lagos House of Assembly polls held on a Saturday 9th March 2019. Speaker of the assembly representing Agege constituency one Mudashu Ajayi Obasa wae relected.
Also Oluyinka Ogundemu was relected for the Agege constituency 2 Obasa was declared winner by the returning officer for Agege constituency one Professor Saibu Olufemi Muibor of the University of Lagos after he polled 17,665 votes to defeat his closet rival from People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Auwalun Taure Maude who scored 4,743 votes. Ogundiru was returned to the house to represent Agege constituency 2 by the returning officer, an associate professor Anthony Kayode Adebayo  from the University of Lagos. Again, the APC did win Lagos mainland house of assembly constituency one and two, beating the main opposition PDP. The returning officer for Lagos mainland constituency one, Dr. Adetoun Adenuga revealed that the APC candidate Ajani Owolabi polled 17,239 votes to beat his closet rival Shakiru Agunbiade who managed to gather 3,568 votes.


The returning officer of Lagos mainland house of assembly constituency two Dr. Adebola Odubanjo declared the APC candidate Hon. Moshood Oshun the winner with a total votes cast 8,896 to beat his closet rival Kehinde Oyenuba who poorly secured 3,259 votes. Again, the All Progressives Congress (APC) coasted to victory in Epe, clinching the two seats available as candidates of the party did win constituency one and two in the local government area. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) did declare Messrs Abiodun Tobun and Oluwadahunsi  Ogunkelu winners of Epe one and two.

The returning officer for Epe one Dr. Aaron Adeoye from university of Lagos made the declaration on a Sunday morning at INEC collation centre in Epe at 3:30 am adding that Tobun did come out as the winner with a total votes cast 19,028 to defeat Mrs. Elizabeth Oluwatoyin, a candidate of PDP who poorly polled 2,540 votes. Again the INEC returning officers similarly declared APC candidates victorious in the constituency one and two as Hon. Selonji David the incumbent APC law maker was pleasantly declared winner of the Balogun constituency, while Hon. Ibrahim Ray Ade also of APC was re-elected for the Badagry constituency one.


Declaring the election results at the INEC collation centre in Ibereko, the constituency one Mrs. Bosede Abiodun did announce that Seloniji polled 14,533 total votes cast for him to defeat his closet rival Alani Ajose of PDP who got 5,209 votes. As Mr. Kareem Bestoyin from the department of social science, University of Lagos Akoka, Yaba, Lagos and the returning officer of badagry constituency two did decleare Ibrahim Layode of APC as the winner. Layode scored at total votes cast 12,098 to proudly defeat his closet rival Gbenga Fayemi with 3,030 votes.

The Nollywood actor Desmond Olushola Elliot of APC also won the surulere constituency one as the returning officer Dr. Bolajoko Dixon-Ogbechi from the University of Lagos, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos declared at the surulere local government collation centre lagos and she did say that Hon. Elliot won with a total votes cast 15,375 while his closet rival of People’s democratic Party (PDP) Benjamine Olasunkanmi scored 3,628 votes.

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