Majority Leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Noheem Adams, on Wednesday floored his rival, Saheed Adesegun Bankole, in the primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Eti-Osa Constituency 1.
Adams polled 7,638 to defeat Bankole who scored 1,225 in the poll held at Ward K3, Olomu primary school, Ajah.
The result of the election was announced by Basirat Kamoru, who declared Adams, the incumbent lawmaker, as the APC candidate for the Lagos State House of Assembly in the constituency.
While Adams had a landslide in five of the wards, election in the sixth ward J was declared inconclusive.
Commending the turn-out of party faithful for the exercise, Noheem thanked the APC leadership for what he described as “free and fair election.”
The lawmaker also promised to deliver the constituency to President Bola Tinubu, Obafemi Hazmat as well as the party’s candidates for Senate and House of Representatives in the general election.
“I feel great and honoured. It is the will of the people. It’s democracy and the people have spoken today.
“Prior to today, my leaders from the GAC, chairmen of local government councils and party heads, all ward chairmen endorsed my re-election bid and all my constituents converged two weeks ago to declare their support.
“They asked my opponent to step down, but he insisted on the primary election.
“Today, we have seen the result. For example in ward A3 , I had like over 2000 votes, my opponent had a little above 203. In Ajah, we had 1262 and he had minor votes. In Oniru, we had 2500 votes , he had just 143. In ward 3, we had over 600 votes and be had like 400.
“In all the six wards, we won overall by 92 percent.
With the six Divisional Police Officers in the constituency affirming my victory, I hope that the Wil of the people will be sustained by the party.
“The people have promised me that they will make sure I win the main election by 95 percent. They have also promised to ensure victory for our President, the governorship candidate and others.
“I am, therefore, assuring the president that this time around, we are going to win this place for him,” he said.
