Breaking! Lagos Bye-elections: APC Wins Kosofe Assembly Seat

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Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Olafemi Saheed has been declared winner of the Kosofe state constituency II bye election which held Saturday.

The bye-election in Kosofe follows the death of Tunde Braimoh, representing the constituency in the Lagos House of Assembly. He died of Covid-19 disease.

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APC’s Saheed polled 12, 434 votes to defeat his opponents as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Sikiru Alebiosu ganered 2,008 votes.

Announcing the results, Professor Iyiola Oni, the returning officer for Kosofe State ii constituency, said a total number of 15, 124 were casted as 361 were rejected.

15,133 voters were accredited for the election out of 280,251 registered voters.

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'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide's journalism works intersect business, environment, politics and developmental issues. Among a number of local and international publications, his work has appeared in the New York Times. He's a winner of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Award. Currently, the Online Editor at The New Diplomat, Akintomide has produced reports that uniquely spoke to Nigeria's experience on Climate Change issues. When Akintomide is not writing, volunteering or working on a media project, you can find him seeing beautiful sites like the sandy beaches that bedecked the Lagos coastline.

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