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IBRAHIM QUADRI
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa has been re-elected to represent Agege State Constituency 1 in the state Assembly.
With this development, Obasa is reelected for the fifth term. He has been in the Lagos Assembly consecutively since 2003.
He will be the longest serving lawmaker in the Lagos State House of Assembly.
It is believed that Obasa is likely to be re-elected as the Speaker of the House by his colleagues in June when the ninth assembly is expected to be inaugurated.
Also, a colleague from Agege Constituency 2, Hon Oluyinka Ogundimu was returned to the House to represent the constituency. Both Obasa and Ogundimu were elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Announcing the result at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) collation centre in Agege, the Returning Officer for Agege Constituency 1, Professor Saibu Olufemi Muibi of the University of Lagos stated that Rt. Hon Obasa scored 17,665 votes to beat his closest rival from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Auwalu Taure Maude who scored 4,743 votes.
The Returning Officer for Agege Constituency 2, an Associate Professor also from the University of Lagos, Anthony Kayode Adebayo declared Ogundimu the winner of the election in the constituency having polled a total of 19,489 votes to beat his closest rival from the PDP who scored 3,479 votes
Also Desmond Elliott of the All progressive Congress, APC has been declared winner of the Lagos State Assembly for Surulere consistency 1 having scored the highest number of votes 15357 against his PDP opponent Benjamin Olasukaumi who scored 3628 votes.
The result was announced by the Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Surulere, Mrs. Dickson Ogbechi Bolajoko.
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