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New aspirant defeats incumbent lawmaker for APC Ajeromi-Ifelodun state constituency ticket

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Akanbi Oluwa has won the All Progressives Congress House of Assembly primaries ticket for Ajeromi-Ifelodun Constituency II, defeating the incumbent, Fatai Oluwa.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that there was heavy presence of security personnel at the Ajeromi-Ifelodun Secretariat, Apapa-Ajegunle, Lagos venue.

The primary election was, however, held peacefully.

There were five aspirants for the election and 30 delegates voted; five delegates per ward out of six wards in the constituency.

The APC Vice Chairman on Revenue, Ajeromi-Ifelodun LGA, Olamilekan Akindipe, said the incumbent, Fatai Oluwa polled only two votes out of 30, while Akanbi Oluwa polled 26 votes.

Akindipe, who is also the party’s Assistant Organising Secretary for the LGA, said that they had a clear and simple atmosphere for the elections.

“There was no rancour or violence and the elections held peacefully until the winner was declared,” he said.

Akindipe urged the party to abide by the choice of the constituents, saying that they had voted for their candidate because their candidate knew the needs of the community.

(NAN)

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