Three senatorial candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State won their senatorial bids. They are Senator Oluremi Tinubu, Senator Gbenga Ashafa and Hon. Olamilekan Solomon Adeola.
In the results declared in Lagos, Senator Gbenga Ashafa, who is the Vice-Chairman of the Senate Committee on Lands, Housing and Urban Development, polled 181,221 votes to defeat the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mrs. Olabisi Owolabi-Fakos who polled 126, 350 to emerge the senator representing the Lagos East.
In the same vein the wife of the national leader of All Progressives Congress Asiwaju Bola Tinubu Senator Oluremi Tinubu polled 167,628 votes in the Lagos Central contest to defeat his PDP candidate, Dr. Adegboyega Dosunmu, who polled 135,445.
Still, Adeola, the chairman of House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts, was declared the winner in the Lagos West contest having polled 429,765 votes against 372,421 votes polled by the PDP candidate, Mr. Segun Adewale.
Of the local government areas in the district, Adeola won in six namely Alimosho, Agege, Ifako Ijaiye, Mushin, Badagry and Ikeja to beat his rival with 57,344 votes. He lost in Ojo, Amuwo Odofin, Oshodi /Isolo and Ajeromi/Ifelodun.
Ashafa, in an acceptance speech, dedicated the victory to his constituents, describing the victory as a call “to serve more. I’m overwhelmed by your gesture and accept your mandate to represent Lagos East.”
The lawmaker noted that he won about 60 per cent of the total votes “cast at the just concluded senatorial election. With deep sense of responsibility and renewed call to duty, I accept the challenge to serve you better for another four years.”
According to Ashfa the electorate “have become more assertive and should not be taken for granted any longer. The electorate want us to move beyond political bickering. They want us to get out of our political gridlock. They want us to make sure to get the job done and actually lead.”
He pledged to use the opportunity his reelection offered “to monitor closely in this time of austerity and commit to a more flexible and workable transportation policy so that we can fix our roads and other infrastructure.”
Ashafa assured that he would use his re-election “to reform grey areas in our tax system so that companies can actually get the incentives they deserve and bring their jobs back home rather sending them abroad. I will also make sure that the young people are not crushed by the weight of unemployment, lack of power supply and adequate security.
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