Femi Gbajabiamila of the All Progressives Congress and Olatunji Soyinka of the Peoples Democratic Party have emerged winners of Surulere Federal Constituencies l and ll respectively in the House of Representatives election held on Saturday.
Prof. Adetola Daramola, the Independent National Electoral Commission Returning Officer for the February 23 House of Representatives poll for Surulere Federal Constituency 1, declared the result for the constituency at INEC’s collation centre in Surulere at 1.39am on Monday.
According to Daramola, Gbajabiamila emerged winner with 14,617 votes, while Adewara Michael of the Peoples Democratic Party came second with 8,085 votes.
Folami Abiola of Alliance for Democracy came third with 97 votes, while Oriyomi Barbara of the African Democratic Congress of came fourth with 71 votes.
“At the end of voting, Femi Gbajabiamila of APC has satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of votes and is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected,” she said.
At 3am, Prof. Ade Ibiwoye, INEC Returning Officer for Surulere Federal Constituency ll, declared Olatunji Soyinka of PDP winner with 19,950 votes, while Lanre Okunlola of APC came second with 17,910 votes.
Ferguson Blessing of ANP came third with 628 votes.
“Olatunji Soyinka, having satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of votes, is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected,” Ibiwoye said.