#Elections2019: More toilet to his people – Nigerians react as INEC declares Desmond Elliot winner of the Surulere 1 state Constituency election
The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared Nollywood star, Desmond Elliot, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, as the 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.
She said Elliot emerged winner with 15,357 votes, while Mr Benjamin Olasunkanmi, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, came second with 3,628 votes.
“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, Mr Shitta-Bey Oluwarotimi of Alliance for Democracy (AD) came third with 116 votes; Mr Dawodu Oluwaseyi of Accord Party came fourth with 65 votes while Mr Makanjuola Olaseni of YP came fifth with 59 votes.
Dixon-Ogbechi said that the total number of registered voters in the constituency was 134939, accredited voters were 20340.
Valid votes – 19357 while the total number of rejected votes was 973.
“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, ” she said.
Reacting to the news, some Nigerians took to twitter to question his victory.
See their responses below:
https://twitter.com/Jogwoba/status/1104645691304001537
https://twitter.com/Kenechukwu_F/status/1104653394587860992
Desmond Elliot, we actually tot, you will make our fathers to understand that we the youths are capable.
You are disappointing. U are not representing our interest.— Richard Ajayi (@RichardAjayi9) March 10, 2019
https://twitter.com/Ballofolli/status/1104664187966537728
literally forgot Desmond Elliot was a politician..what a waste of space & opportunity
— its all ❤️ 🖕 (@oria_bure) March 10, 2019
https://twitter.com/joke_omo/status/1104667020883361792