Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Surulere 1 federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Jerry Afemikhe, has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies over the conduct of the bye-election.
Gatekeepers News reports that Afemikhe, who spoke to reporters before the result was announced, described the election as “calm and without issues.”
NAN quoted Afemikhe as saying, “The election has been calm and without issues. I am quite impressed by INEC and the security agencies’ efforts to conduct a free and fair election.”
A voter, Augustine Alechenu, said he believes whoever wins the election will be a candidate accessible to the people.
Alechenu said, “I expect the winner of this election to be accessible to the people regardless of the constituency they belong to.
“I believe that was one of the strong points of Gbajabiamila who made himself easily accessible to the people of the community up to even the beggars on the street.
“That is why whenever he comes around, you will see a lot of crowd because he had laid a good foundation.”
Meanwhile, INEC has declared Fuad Laguda of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the bye-elections.
The former chairman of Surulere will now replace Femi Gbajabiamila, former speaker, in the National Assembly.
