LP candidate defeats Banky W, Obanikoro in Eti-Osa Federal Constituency

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Thaddeus Attah of the Labour Party (LP) as the winner of the Eti-Osa Federal Constituency seat in the House of Representatives.

The INEC Returning Officer, Prof Funmilayo Odukoya, made the declaration at the collation centre in Lagos State Model Nursery and Primary School, Marwa, Lekki 1, on Sunday.

Attah won with 24,075 votes, beating his counterparts, Olubankole Wellington (Banky W) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who had 18,666 votes, and Babajide Obanikoro of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who scored 16, 901 votes.

“That Thaddeus Attah of LP, having satisfied the requirement of the law is hereby declared winner and is returned elected.,” Odukoya declared.

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She said other candidates, Oladehin Olufemi of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) got 1,422 votes, Azeez Kabirat of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) scored 414 votes, while Olasunkanmi Ololade of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) garnered 207 votes.

However, there was pandemonium between the party agents and INEC officers over the authenticity of the result before it was declared by the presiding officer.

The agents including APC and PDP refused to accept the announcement of results unless their complaints were addressed.

The PDP agent, Aderemi Adeshina, claimed that some voters were disenfranchised in some polling units in the LGA.

Adeshina also claimed that results recorded in some units after the elections were not transmitted through the BVAS machine.

“We will not accept the result until another election takes place in all the wards where we were disenfranchised,” he said.

The Star