Nollywood star wins Lagos State Assembly seat

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Nollywood star, Desmond Elliot, candidate of the All Progressives  Congress, as winner of the Surulere 1 State Constituency election in Lagos State.The Returning Officer, Dr. Bolajoko Dixon-Ogbechi from the University of Lagos, made the declaration on Sunday at the Surulere Local Government Collation Centre in Lagos.Dixon-Ogbechi said Elliot emerged winner with 15,357 votes, while Benjamin Olasunkanmi, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, came second with 3,628 votes.She declared: “That Desmond Olusola Elliot of APC, having satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of votes, is hereby declared winner and is returned elected.”According to her, Shitta-Bey Oluwarotimi of Alliance for Democracy came third with 116 votes, Dawodu Oluwaseyi of  Accord Party came fourth with 65 votes, while Makanjuola Olaseni of YP came fifth with 59 votes.Dixon-Ogbechi said the total number of registered voters in the constituency was 134,939, while accredited voters were 20,340.Valid votes were 19,357, while the total number of rejected votes was 973.She said: “The total number of votes cast is 20330 while the results of six units at Igbaja/Stadium with RA number 06 were cancelled due to over voting.“So, the total number of votes cancelled in the affected areas were 4091.”