On Wednesday, Barrister Barakat Odunuga-Bakare secured a landslide victory against the sitting lawmaker, Desmond Elliot, during the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary elections for Surulere Constituency I in the Lagos State House of Assembly.
Odunuga-Bakare locked in a grand total of 11,385 votes to completely defeat Elliot, who managed to pick up only 270 votes across the various wards making up the constituency.
The primary elections saw a massive mobilization and turnout of APC party loyalists.
A closer look at the vote counts from the different wards highlighted a wave of overwhelming support for Odunuga-Bakare, who ran with the backing of Elliot’s former political mentor, Femi Gbajabiamila.
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At the Akinhanmi/Cole Ward, she cleared 2,191 votes while Elliot walked away with 82 votes.
Moving over to the Yaba/Ojuelegba Ward, Odunuga-Bakare claimed 980 votes compared to a meager three votes for Elliot.
Inside the Gbaja Stadium Ward, she picked up 523 votes while Elliot completely failed to register a single vote on the sheet.
Nevertheless, Elliot managed to put up his best numbers at the Shitta/Ogunlana Ward, where he led with 270 votes against Odunuga-Bakare’s 169 votes.
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At the Owolewa Open Field located off Randle Avenue, Odunuga-Bakare gathered a comfortable 1,956 votes while Elliot secured just 10 votes.
In the Iponri/Eric Moore Ward, Odunuga-Bakare dominated by polling 1,805 votes while Elliot finished with only six votes.
Elliot originally won his seat in the Lagos State House of Assembly to represent Surulere Constituency I back during the April 11, 2015 general elections, and he has gone on to serve several terms in the state parliament.
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