Banky W, Obanikoro Lose Eti-Osa Reps Seat To Labour Party Candidate

Banky W and Obanikoro have lost the Eti-Osa reps seat to the Labour Party candidate.

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

This online newspaper understands that Prof Funmilayo Odukoya, who is the INEC Returning Officer, made the declaration on Sunday at the Collation Centre, Lagos State Model Nursery and Primary School, Marwa, Lekki 1.

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

She said other candidates received the following votes: Mr Oladehin Olufemi, African Democratic Congress, 1,422 votes; Mr Azeez Kabirat of New Nigeria Peoples Party, 414 votes, and Mr Olasunkanmi Ololade, Social Democratic Party, 207 votes.

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

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

Speaking to the News Agency of  Nigeria, the PDP agent, Mr Aderemi Adeshina, claimed that some voters were disenfranchised in some polling units in the LGA.