24th March, 2018
By Kazeem Ugbodaga
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has won the by-election conducted in Ogunoloko Ward, in Oshodi-Isolo Local Government area of Lagos State on Saturday.
Mrs Khadijat Jimoh of the APC won the Ogunoloko Ward B Councillorship by-election and was declared winner by the Returning Officer, Mr Olusola Ibikunle.
Jimoh polled 2,208 votes to defeat her opponent from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 343 votes.
Ibikunke said: “I Babayemisi Olusola Ibikunle hereby certify that I was the Ward Returning Officer for the election held on the 24 of March, 2018 in Ward B Ogunoloko. The election was contested and the candidates received the following votes-Jimoh Omolola Khadijat Funke of the APC got 2,208 votes while Mebabu Obafemi Olalekan Samuel of PDP got 343 votes.
“By this, Jimoh O.K. Funke of APC is hereby declared the winner of the councillorship by- election of Ward B, Ogunoloko at Oshodi Isolo LGA. Having complied with the requirements of the law and scored the majority number of votes, the aforementioned person is hereby elected and returned”.
The PDP Ward Chairman, Mr Ayodele Ogunseyi said that there was no reason to fight because both PDP and APC candidates were of the same family.
“It is just election, we are one family. It is a game but the game has to be well played.
“If we look at the election, we know that it is not well conducted. At this point, there’s nothing one could do.
“When two people go to the field, one shall win, the other shall lose. It doesn’t mean that next time I will not win,” he said.
The APC Ogunoloko Ward Chairman, Mr Oluwaseyi Fatoki, commended the APC supporters and the PDP for accepting defeat.
A lawmaker, Olusola Sokunle, representing Oshodi/Isolo Constituency 1, at the Lagos State House of Assembly, expressed satisfaction with the electoral process, saying that he was happy with the peaceful conduct by the residents.
Sokunle added that the two candidates should embrace themselves after the election, saying that they should imbibe the spirit of sportsmanship.