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BREAKING: INEC Declares Fuad Laguda Winner Of Surulere Bye-Election

Fuad Laguda, the former chairman of the APC in Surulere Local Government, replaces Femi Gbajabiamila…

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Fuad Laguda, as the winner of the Surulere Federal Constituency 1 Bye-Election.

VerseNews reports that the Returning Officer, Prof Simeon Adebayo, announced that Laguda secured a total of 11,203 votes.

The People’s Democratic Party, Mr. Jerry Afemighie, scored votes, while the Labour Party candidate, Adeola Adebanjo, scored 240 votes.

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The total votes cast were eleven thousand nine hundred, and the rejected votes amounted to one hundred and thirty-eight votes.

Laguda, the former chairman of the APC in Surulere Local Government, replaces Femi Gbajabiamila, who resigned to become the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu.

Gbajabiamila served as the Speaker of the House of Representatives between 2019 and 2023 and won his re-election for the sixth consecutive term in February 2023.

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