APC’s Laguda Wins Surulere By-Election
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Fuad Laguda, has been declared the winner of Saturday’s House of Representatives by-election in Surulere 1 Federal Constituency of Lagos State.
According to the Returning Officer for the by-election, Prof Simeon Adebayo, Laguda polled a total of 11,203 votes.
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The APC candidate defeated his closest rivals: Adeola Adebanjo of the Labour Party (LP) and Jerry Afemikhe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 240 and 278, respectively, with close to 11,000 votes.
With his victory, Laguda, a former APC chairman in Surulere Local Government, replaces Femi Gbajabiamila, who represented Surulere 1 Federal Constituency in the lower house of the National Assembly for 20 years.
Following his appointment as the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Gbajabiamila, tendered his resignation letter on the floor of the House on June 14, 2023 to assume his current role.
The bye-election which was held across the 258 polling units in the constituency, was peaceful.
