Elegushi Dethrones Obanikoro at Lagos APC Primaries

Segun Atanda/

Hon. Babajide Obanikoro, the representative of Eti Osa Federal Constituency has lost his second term bid today at the APC House of Representatives primaries.

Obanikoro, son of Musiliu Obanikoro, a former minister of state for defense, lost the APC ticket with a two-vote difference to Mr. Oyekanmi Elegushi, a brother to Oba Saheed Elegushi of the Ikate Kingdom.

Obanikoro scored 23 votes to Elegushi’s 25 votes at the primaries held at the Iru Victoria Island Local Council Development Area in Lagos.

‘’At the end of the exercise, Oyekanmi Elegushi scored 25 votes; Babjide Obanikoro scored 23; Adegoke Rasaq scored two. Thank you, ‘’ the APC Electoral Officer, Mr. Tolani Sule said.

Oyekanmi, while speaking to newsmen after his victory, described the exercise as peaceful and transparent.

He also congratulated the other aspirants including Obanikoro and  Rasaq. He said: ‘’At the end of the day, we are all fighting for the same cause.

‘’So, I will say we are all one, Eti-Osa 1 and I say thank you to the delegates, they played their parts and they voted their conscience.

‘’I can assure the constituents that this tenure is going to be a wonderful one; we have our programmes all lined up and we are not going to wait to get into the office before rolling them out. It is something people will start to see from tomorrow.”

Reports say 50 delegates participated in the exercise, while three aspirants contested for the ticket.

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