The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that
INEC conducted supplementary election in nine
polling units of the state constituency on Saturday.
polling units of the state constituency on Saturday.
The commission had declared the March 9
election in the constituency inconclusive, because of over-voting in the
nine polling units, covering two Registration Areas (Ward).
Prof. Rasheed Ojikutu the Returning
Officer for the election, announced the result for the election at the
Collation Centre located in INEC office in Ibeju-Lekki council at about
6:30 p.m.
According to him, on March 9 election, APC
polled 8,525 votes and PDP scored 1, 786, SDP got 63, ADP scored 54
votes, Accord got 50 votes, AD polled 59 votes while other political
parties scored less than 40 votes each.
He said that Mojeed polled a total of votes
9,484 to defeat his closest rival from the Peoples Democratic Party
(NAN) Mrs Tare Oliver who got 1,901 votes.
I, Prof. Rasheed Kola Ojikutu, hereby certify
that I am the returning officer for the constituency I of Ibeju-Lekki in
the election held on the 23rd Day of March 2019.
I declare that Mojeed Fatai Adebola
of APC, haven satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the
highest number of votes is hereby declared the winner and he is returned
elected, ojikutu said.
He added that Accord Party scored 51 votes, AD
polled 60 votes, ADC polled 26 votes, SDP got 64 votes, AAC polled 27
votes, ADP got only 55 votes while others got less than 10 votes each.
Ojikutu said that the total registered voters were 122, 442, while the total accredited voters for the election were 12,245.
The party agents took turns to sign the results.
Earlier, Dr Adeola Afonja, the Collation
Officer for Ibeju Ward I, reeled out the scores obtained by each of the
parties in the six polling units where supplementary election was held
in the ward.
According to Afonja, APC polled 520, PDP
scored 43 votes, ADC got 2 votes, Accord and ADP got one vote each while
other parties got no vote.
She said that the total registered votes of the six polling units where the supplementary election took place were 3,989.
Afonja added that the total accredited voters
were 592, total valid votes were 567, rejected votes 22, while the total
votes cast were 589.
Also, Dr Ijeoma Patience, the Collation
Officer for Iwerekun I, reeled out the scores obtained by each of the
parties in the three polling units where supplementary election was held
in the ward.
According to her, APC polled 439, PDP scored 72 votes, while other parties got less than 2 votes.
Patience said that the registered voters of the three polling units where the supplementary election took place were 8,722
She added that the total accredited voters
were 529, total valid votes 521, rejected votes were 8, while the total
vote cast were 529.
NAN reports that out of 12, 711 registered
voters in the nine polling units, only 1,118 voters came out to vote in
the supplementary election.
Speaking to NAN, Prince Wasiu Elemoro,
candidate of PDP for Ibeju-Lekki Federal Constituency described the
election as being far better than the previous polls.
Elemoro said that the supplementary election was free, fair and peaceful.
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Also speaking, Mr Rasak Alatishe, the APC
party agent at the collation centre, commended the peaceful conduct of
the voters, expressing satisfaction with the outcome, which Mr Femi
Asia, his counterpart from the PDP corroborated.
After being declared winner, Mojeed, who could
not hide his joy, thanked the people for the trust reposed in him and
promised not to disappoint them.
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