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LAGOS: INEC declares APC winner of Ajeromi-Ifelodun Constituency election
Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kolawole Taiwo, has been declared winner of the Ajeromi-Ifelodun Federal Constituency election held on Saturday in Lagos.
Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Olusoji Ilori, announced the results at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Collation Centre located at Local Authority Primary School, Baale St. Ajegunle at about 7:35 p.m.
Ilori, a lecturer at the University of Lagos, announced that Taiwo polled a total of 36,115 votes to defeat his closest rival from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Rita Orji, who got 32,557 votes.
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He said. “I declare that Kolawole Taiwo Musbau of APC, having satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of votes, is hereby declared the winner and he is returned elected.”
The supplementary election were conducted in 71 polling units across eight wards of Ajeromi-Ifelodun Federal Constituency of Lagos State for the House of Representatives seat.
INEC had declared the Feb. 23 House of Representatives election in the constituency, inconclusive due to over-voting, non-compliance with the usage of smart card readers and violence.
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