Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker, House of Representatives, has
won the All Progressives Congress, APC, ticket for the sixth term, unopposed,
for Surulere Federal Constituency I.
The primary election was held on Friday at Akerele Primary Health
Centre, Surulere, amid tight security provided by the police, Nigeria Security
and Civil Defence Corps and the Department of State Services.
The election, which started with accreditation of delegates
at 3pm, had 30 ad-hoc delegates drawn from nine wards in the constituency who
were accredited and voted.
Ganiyu Adeyinka, representative of the Independent National
Electoral Commission, while announcing the result, declared Gbajabiamila the
winner.
The Speaker polled all the 30 votes as the sole contestant
for the ticket.
Gbajabiamila has been in the House of Representatives since
1999. He was the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives in the seventh
National Assembly.
He was elected the Speaker in the ninth National Assembly
with 283 of 361 votes.
APC is holding its House of Assembly and House of
Representatives primaries across the 40 Lagos State constituencies and 24
federal constituencies in the state.
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