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Less than four percent of registered voters showed up in Lagos on Saturday.
At the end of the election, Congressional All Progressives, APC, Noheem Adams, won eight opponents to win the election of the Eti-Osa electoral group in Lagos.
The head of the election, Oyeyemi Oyedola, said in the voting center, the Lagos State Model of Primary and Primary Schools, the Local Self-Government Area of Eti-Osa.
Mr. Oyedola said Adams questioned 4,204 votes in order to defeat his closest rival, Arubiewe Abogun of the Democratic People's Party, which pronounced 1,652 votes.
According to Mr Oyedola, the Action Alliance had 10 votes, the Alliance for Democracy, 128 votes; Better Party of Nations in Nigeria, five; Democratic Alliance, one; and the Alliance of Progressive Nations, eight votes.
He added that the United Democratic Party had examined two votes, while the new People's Party had secured five votes.
Mr. Oyedola said that the total number of registered voters was 183,551, accredited voters, 6,280; valid votes, 6,015 and rejected votes, 154, while the total votes cast was 6,169.
He said that the percentage turnout of voters was 3.42 per cent.
”I, Prof. Oyeyemi Elijah Oyedola, hereby certify that I was the Returning Officer for the Eti-Osa Constituency 1 bye-election held on Sept. 30, 2017
”That the election was contested; that Mr Adams Noheem Babatunde of APC, having satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of votes, is hereby declared the winner and he is returned elected, ” he said at 10.10p.m.
Some of the party representatives who spoke to NAN expressed mixed feelings.
A PDP representative at the collation centre, Adesina Aderemi, said that INEC did a good job of conducting a fair election, adding that it should keep it up.
”The security agencies should be commended because it was a violence-free election.
”However, the problems in the country made the people shun the election,” he said.
The winner, Mr. Adams, told NAN at the centre that he was satisfied with the process, and commended the residents for having confidence in him.
“I did not know why my people love me so much; during the primary election, my victory was a landslide; the same thing is being witnessed here.
”I will make myself available to them as well as live up to my mandate,” he pledged.
Mr. Adams hailed his closest rival for exhibiting the spirit of sportsmanship, and promised to work with him to move the constituency forward.
NAN reports that the bye-election resulted from the death of Kazeem Alimi, who represented the constituency at the State House of Assembly.
Mr. Alimi died on July 18. ❤ ❤ 2348050417551 available for a good time ... spill TEA.... Easy on Shade #jaiyeorie
He said that the percentage turnout of voters was 3.42 per cent.
”I, Prof. Oyeyemi Elijah Oyedola, hereby certify that I was the Returning Officer for the Eti-Osa Constituency 1 bye-election held on Sept. 30, 2017
”That the election was contested; that Mr Adams Noheem Babatunde of APC, having satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of votes, is hereby declared the winner and he is returned elected, ” he said at 10.10p.m.
Some of the party representatives who spoke to NAN expressed mixed feelings.
A PDP representative at the collation centre, Adesina Aderemi, said that INEC did a good job of conducting a fair election, adding that it should keep it up.
”The security agencies should be commended because it was a violence-free election.
”However, the problems in the country made the people shun the election,” he said.
The winner, Mr. Adams, told NAN at the centre that he was satisfied with the process, and commended the residents for having confidence in him.
“I did not know why my people love me so much; during the primary election, my victory was a landslide; the same thing is being witnessed here.
”I will make myself available to them as well as live up to my mandate,” he pledged.
Mr. Adams hailed his closest rival for exhibiting the spirit of sportsmanship, and promised to work with him to move the constituency forward.
NAN reports that the bye-election resulted from the death of Kazeem Alimi, who represented the constituency at the State House of Assembly.
Mr. Alimi died on July 18. ❤ ❤ 2348050417551 available for a good time ... spill TEA.... Easy on Shade #jaiyeorie
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