On Sunday, The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Thaddeus Attah of the Labour Party (LP) as the Eti-Osa Federal Constituency seat winner in the House of Representatives.
Mr Attah defeated famous singer Bankole Wellington, aka Banky W, and Babjide, son of Musiliu Obanikoro, a former minister of state for defence, at the polls.
Funmilayo Odukoya, the INEC Returning Officer, declared Mr Attah the winner on Sunday at the Collation Centre, Lagos State Model Nursery and Primary School, Marwa, Lekki 1.
“That Thaddeus Attah of LP, having satisfied the law requirement, is now declared the winner and is returned elected, signed by me. Thank you so much,” she said.
Mr Attah won with 24,075 votes, beating his counterparts, Mr Olubankole Wellington (Banky W) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who had 18,666 votes, and Mr Babjide Obanikoro of the APC, who had 16, 901 votes.
BVAS Complaint
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), before INEC announced the results, the party agents and INEC officials disagreed over the authenticity of the results even before the presiding officer declared.
APC and PDP representatives refused to accept the results announcement unless their complaints were addressed.
Speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the PDP agent, Aderemi Adeshina, claimed that some voters were disenfranchised in some polling units in the LGA.
Mr Adeshina also claimed that results recorded in some units after the elections were not transmitted through the BVAS machine.
Nigerians React to Banky W’s Loss
The ten-over-ten singer and husband to famous actress Adesua Etomi was contesting for the third time in the House of Representatives.
Unfortunately, he lost a second time since he began his political career.
Banky W’s fans were shocked at the election outcome and attributed his loss to not joining the Labour Party.