Twelve members of the Lagos State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, lost their reelection bid.
Abdulrazaq Balogun (Chief Whip, Surulere
2); Ajibayo Adeyeye (Majority Leader); Mufutau Egberongbe (Apapa 1);
Hodewu Suru Avoseh (Badagry 2); Wahab Alawiye-King (Lagos Island 2) and
Masha Hakeem Agboola (Lagos Island 1).
Others are: Omowunmi Olatunji-Edet
(Oshodi-Isolo 2); Ramota Akinola-Hassan, (Amuwo Odofin 2); Bashiru Oloto
(Lagos Mainland 2); Kabir Lawal (Surulere 1); Ahmed Ipoola
Omisore(Ifako Ijaiye 2); Adebimpe Akinsola (Ikorodu 2) all lost out to
“new comers”.
Olatunji-Edet was defeated by Ladi
Ajomale, son of the state chairman of the All Progressives Congress
(APC), Henry Oladele Ajomale.
It was a landslide victory as Ajomale’s
son polled 250 votes; Moroof Ojoola polled 58 votes. Olatunji-Edet could
only muster 37 votes.
The story was more pathetic for Omisore. He could only muster four delegate votes.
The Ifako-Ijaye Constituency 2 ticket
was won by “newcomer” Rasheed Makinde, who polled 103 votes to push
former chairman of Ojokoro Local Council Development Area (LCDA),
Benjamin Olabinjo, to second place with 93 votes.
In Amuwo Odofin Constituency 2, incumbent Ramota Akinola-Hassan was defeated by another “newcomer”, Wale Raufu.
In Lagos Mainland Constituency 1, former
local government chairman Oladele Adekanye, a.k.a. Lado, defeated
incumbent Bashiru Oloto.
Nollywood actor Desmond Elliot beat incumbent Kabir Lawal in Surulere Constituency 1.
Twenty-four lawmakers defeated their opponents.
They include Deputy Speaker Kolawole
Musbau Taiwo (Ajeromi-Ifelodun Constituency 1); his counterpart in
Constituency 2, Abdul Baq Ladi Balogun; Mudasiru Obasa (Agege
Constituency 1); his counterpart in Constituency 2, Yinka Ogundimu; Bisi
Yusuf (Alimoso Constituency 1); Sikiru Osinowo (Kosofe Constituency
1); Princess Adefunmilayo Tejuoso (Mushin Constituency 1); Dayo Saka
Fafunmi (Ifako-Ijaye Constituency 1); Lanre Ogunyemi (Ojo Constituency
2); his counterpart in Constituency 1, Muhibat Rufai-Adeyemi and Moshood
Lanre Oshun (Lagos Mainland Constituency 2).
Others are: Olanrewaju Layode (Badagry
1); Olumuyiwa Jimoh (Apapa 2); Sanai Agunbiade (Ikorodu 1); Gbolahan
Yishawu (Eti-Osa 2) and his counterpart in Eti-Osa 1, Alimi Ademola;
Segun Olulade (Epe 2) and his counterpart in Epe 1, Abiodun Tobun;
Deputy Chief Whip Rotimi Abiru (Somolu 2) and his counterpart in Somolu
1, Rotimi Olowo; Omotayo Oduntan (Alimosho 2); Sultan Adeniji-Adele
(Amuwo Odofin 1); Mojeed Fatai Adebola (Ibeju-Lekki 1) and his
counterpart in Ibeju-Lekki 2, Kazeem Raheem Adewale.
There was a stalemate in Kosofe 2
Constituency and in the rerun which took place yesterday, Majority
Leader Ajibayo Adeyeye lost to Tunde Buraimoh.
Adeyeye scored 173, Buraimoh scored 230, Olojo Kosoko one and Oluwole Ogunleye three.
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