Oluremi Tinubu retains Lagos Central senatorial seat
Headlines, Lagos, Legislature, National Politics, Senate, State News Monday, February 25th, 2019Lagos – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday declared Sen. Oluremi Tinubu winner of February 23 election in Lagos Central Senatorial District.
She defeated Onitiri David of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 89,107 votes.
“l, Professor Oyeyemi Elijah Oyedola, hereby certify that as the retuning officer, Lagos Central Senatorial District with the election held on 23 of February, 2019 that the election was contested among 14 candidates.
“I declare that Tinubu Oluremi Shade of the APC has satisfied the requirements of law and scoring the highest number of votes, hereby declared the winner and returned elected having polled 131,735 votes,” he said.
The INEC Electoral Officer in Lagos Island, Mr Sodiq Abubakar, lauded the security agents for their support towards ensuring free, fair and credible election.
Abubakar said that no causality was recorded during the period of the election and urged the stakeholders to keep it up.
The election was conducted in five local government areas namely;, Lagos Island, Eti-Osa, Apapa, Surulere and Mainland.
(NAN)
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