INEC has announced Nollywood actor, Desmond Elliot, candidate of the APC as the winner of the the Surulere 1 state Constituency election in Lagos State.
The Returning Officer, Dr Bolajoko Dixon-Ogbechi from the University of Lagos recently revealed the result of State Assembly elections at the Surulere Local Government Collation Centre in Lagos today.
She revealed that Desmond Elliot polled 15,357 votes while PDP candidate, Mr Benjamin Olasunkanmi, got just 3,628 votes.
Her words, ”That Desmond Olusola Elliot of APC, having satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of votes, is hereby declared winner and is returned elected.”
“The total number of votes cast is 20330 while the results of six units at Igbaja/Stadium with RA number 06 were cancelled due to over voting.
”So, the total number of votes cancelled in the affected areas were 4091.”
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