An assembly with no opposition

Date: 30-04-2011 3:27 pm (13 years ago) | Author: IKUSHIKA OLUWAROTIMI AYOKUNMI
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The house of assembly elections conducted in Lagos State on Tuesday, saw candidates from the Action Congress of Nigeria winning all the seats. Two constituency seats were contested in each of the 20 local government areas. 371 candidates contested for the seats.

The results released by the Independent National Electoral Commission showed only the figures from the winning party, ACN and its closest contender, the Peoples Democratic Party.

Apapa and Agege In Apapa I and II, ACN’s Egbenrogbe Mufutau and Olumuyiwa Jimoh got 8,755 and 22,351 votes respectively, defeating PDP’s Solomon Ogungbe and Toyin Afolabi’s 2,141 and 7,904 votes.

Obasa Ajayi and Oluyinka Ogundimu from ACN had a total of 24,223 and 28,681 votes in Agege I and II constituencies, defeating the 17 other candidates contesting those seats.

In Ajeromi I and II, Kolawole Musibau and Abdulaq Oladimeji got 43,909 and 38,751 votes each.

The big one Alimosho I and II constituencies had the highest number of voters with ACN getting the majority of those votes. Adebisi Yusuf and Omotayo Aramide pulled in 74,384 and 50,120 votes respectively, defeating 18 other candidates, including PDP’s Nejo Augustine and Oladega Olalekan who had 26,865 and 13,295 votes each. In Amuwo-Odofin I and II constituencies, 19,036 votes went to ACN’s Sultan Adele and 21,317 votes to Akinola Ramotalai.

The outposts Despite the strong presence of PDP in Badagry and Epe constituencies, the party contestants did not have up to 50percent of the votes ACN candidates got.

In Badagry I and II, ACN‘s Layode Ibrahim and Avoseh Suru won with 14,400 and 15,959 votes, while Tobun Abiodun and Olusegun Oluade won in Epe I and II with 24,983 and 14,788 votes.

PDP had high expectations in Eti-Osa with 29 year-old Ibrahim Obanikoro picking up the party’s ticket in Eti-Osa II.

However, despite the party’s close margin with ACN in this constituency, Mr Obanikoro’s 9,446 votes came second to Yishawu Olusegun’s 11,214 votes.

In Eti-Osa I, ACN’s Alimi Ademola won with 29,166, with PDP’s Afeez Faro, far behind with 9,276 votes.

In Ibeju-Lekki I and II, only 13 candidates contested for the two seats, Mojeed Adebola and Kazeem Adewale from ACN won those seats with 9,649 and 10,967 votes each.

Fafunmi Oludayo and Ahmed Omisore from ACN won in Ifako-Ijaiye I and II with 25,698 and 31,833 votes respectively. And in Ikorodu I and II, Sina Bolanle Agunbiade and Adebimpe Akinsola swept away 44,406 and 20,551 votes respectively.

The current speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji of Ikeja I constituency was re-elected with 16,348 votes, his contender, PDP’s Josephine Sawyerr, had 8,853 votes. In Ikeja II constituency, Akande Sulola was also re-elected with 26,795 votes.

Adebayo Osinowo and Ajibayo Adeyeye of ACN were voted into the seats of Kosofe I and II with 25,834 and 54,378 votes each.

The Island Masha Agboola and Alawiye King, of Lagos Island I and II were re-elected into their seats with 23,695 and 13,774 votes each. In Lagos Mainland I and II, Bashir Abisoye and Oshun Moshood won with 27,913 and 17,749 votes each.

The seats in Mushin I and II were keenly contested by 12 political parties, but ACN’s Adefunmilayo Tejuoso and Bolaji Ayinla had victory with 40,235 and 64,220 votes each. In Ojo I and II, 30,226 and 17,072 votes brought Muhibat Rufai and Lanre Ogunyemi to victory.

ACN’s Ayeni Lawrence and Omowunmi Edet won in Oshodi-Isolo I and II with 32,377 and 37,664 votes, while in Somolu I and II, Olowo Emmanuel and Abiru Lateef won with 24,968 and 36,360 votes each.

The last two seats in the Lagos State House of Assembly was won by Kabir Olajide and Abdulrasaq Balogun for Surulere I and II constituencies with 27,476 and 51,060 votes each.

Sixty-six out of the 371 candidates who contested were females, and out of these 66, the 5 women who were ACN candidates were elected and would occupy House of Assembly seats in Alimosho II, Apapa I, Ikeja II, Ojo I and Oshodi-Isolo II constituencies.

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