The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the winner of the Surulere Federal Constituency 1 Bye-Election.
Fuad Laguda, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been declared the winner. The Returning Officer for the bye-election, Prof. Simeon Adebayo, disclosed that Laguda received a total of 11,203 votes.
Laguda, who previously served as the APC chairman in the Surulere Local Government, will be replacing Femi Gbajabiamila, who was appointed Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu in mid-2023.
Gbajabiamila served as the Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2019 to 2023. He was re-elected for the sixth time to represent the Surulere 1 Federal Constituency in the National Assembly election on February 25. However, he was appointed as the Chief of Staff to the President in mid-2023.
Gbajabiamila is a close ally of Tinubu, who was the governor of Lagos State from May 1999 to May 2007. Last June, Gbajabiamila resigned from the House of Representatives, leading to his seat being declared vacant by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas. As a result, a bye-election was held in Surulere Constituency 1 to fill the vacant seat.
See Full Result Of Saturday’s Bye-Election:
ADC- 40
APC- 11, 203
APGA- 6
APM- 7
APP- 4
LP- 240
NNPP- 8
PDP- 278
SDP- 2
YPP- 9
ZLP- 4
