Femi Gbajabiamila of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has emerged winner of Surulere I federal constituency election held on Saturday.
The result of election was declared at the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) collation centre in Surulere at about 6:04 p.m. on Sunday by the returning officer, Prof. Virgy Oneyene.
Gbajabiamila polled 19,717 votes to defeat his closest opponent, Bosun Jeje of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who came second with 5,121 votes.
“At the end of voting, Femi Gbajabiamila of APC has satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of votes and is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected,” Prof. Oneyene announced.
Gbajabiamila, who is the current Speaker of the House of Representatives, in a statement from his office Sunday night, thanked the people of Surulere 1 for giving him the sixth term mandate, noting that he would not disappoint them.
He said, “I am immensely grateful to the people of Surulere for their overwhelming support. I do not take your support for granted.
“As your representative for the past 20 years, I have always protected your interest. I am proud of you as my constituents. I thank our teeming supporters, our Surulere APC leaders, party members, CDAs and residents for their massive support.
“This victory is not mine alone. It is a victory for democracy. Surulere has made history by this sixth mandate given to me, which would definitely spur me to do more for you.”
Gbajabiamila was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2003 to represent Surulere 1 federal constituency.
Since then, he has won elections in the subsequent five election cycles, including that of Saturday.
He served as minority whip, minority leader, opposition leader, and majority leader before getting elected as speaker in 2019.
Gbajabiamila remained the only lawmaker from the southwest to have been elected six times to represent his constituency.
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