The INEC Returning Officer for the by-election, Prof. Ademola Oremosu, of the University of Lagos, declared the result at Somolu collation centre at 7:20am on Sunday.
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Abiru told newsmen on the sideline of the INEC Expanded Stakeholders’ Meeting in Lagos on Thursday that those making the claims “are crying more than the bereaved.”
Femi Akinbiyi, the Independent National Electoral Commission spokesman in Lagos State, gave the figure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday.
Abiru, a former Managing Director of Polaris Bank, made the promise on Wednesday at a meeting with party leaders, community leaders and residents of Ibeju-Lekki.