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| Remi Tinubu, Solomon & Osinowo. |
Wife
of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC and Senator
representing Lagos Central in the Senate, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has won the
party’s senatorial primaries conducted on Friday.
Her colleague from Lagos East, Senator
Gbenga Ashafa, was not so lucky, as he lost his third term bid to a four-term
Lagos House of Assembly member, Bayo Osinowo, while Olamilekan Solomon from Lagos
West won against two very prominent members of the APC, Kayode Opeifa and
Areago Olopade lost out.
The
National Working Committee member who oversaw the primaries in Lagos, Mr. Lucky
Imasuen announced the results Saturday said that though, the senatorial
primaries initially held on Thursday but were cancelled and rescheduled owing
to logistic issues are here announced.
In the results of the senatorial
primaries, Imasuen said Senator Tinubu, who was unopposed, polled 89,494 votes
to emerge the candidate for Lagos Central, Senator Olamilekan Solomon emerged
winner with 378,906 votes, as against the 1,179 votes scored by Mr Kayode
Opeifa and Mrs. Areago Olopade’s 1,275 votes, while Hon. Bayo Osinowo defeated
the incumbent Senator Gbenga Ashafa with 247,743 votes to emerge candidate for
the Lagos East Senatorial district.
He disclosed that Ashafa, the incumbent,
polled 20,385 in the primary election, promising that the House of
Representatives and Lagos State House of Assembly primaries results were ready
and would be released later.
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