Controversial Nollywood actor turned politician, Desmond Elliot has been declared the winner of the Surulere constituency 1 assembly seat in Lagos.
Africa Today News, New York reports that the governorship and assembly elections were on Saturday conducted nationwide by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
While the election is now at the sorting and collation stages, however, some polling units that experience technological glitches were rescheduled till Sunday.
Recall that the Surulere constituency I seat was one of those keenly contested. The leading candidates are those of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and that of the Labour Party (LP).
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After final collation of results, Elliot came tops with 17,877 votes while candidate of the Labour Party came second with 7,822 votes.
Supposed candidate of the Labour Party (LP) for Surulere Constituency I, Olumide Oworu was not on ballot in the just concluded state assembly election that held on Saturday (yesterday).
Checks by Africa Today News, New York on the official declaration of result sheet for the constituency showed Adebayo Bode and not Olumide Oworu as candidate of the party.
Meanwhile, Igbos living in the Abule Ado area of Lagos State have reportedly been attacked by some yet-to-be-identified thugs although the police have countered.
Africa Today News, New York gathered that the incident occurred hours after the governorship and house of the assembly took place in most parts of the state.
A trending video shows two young Igbo men being carried into a vehicle after they were allegedly wounded by suspected political thugs.
Located near Festac Town in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area, Abule Ado has a large population of Southeasterners.
Reacting, Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed the security agency has restored normalcy.