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JUST-IN: 26-yr-old Female Journalist Wins Kwara Assembly Seat

by Abdullahi Olesin
3 years ago
in 2023 Elections, North Central
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A 26-year-old online journalist, Rukayat Shittu, has been declared winner of Owode/Onire State Constituency election in Asa local government area of Kwara State in the just-concluded State House of Assembly elections held on Saturday.

Shittu, a social media influencer, contested the election under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

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She scored 7,521 votes to defeat the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Abdullah Magaji, who polled 6,957 votes.

The elated House of Assembly member-elect said she felt privileged to be pronounced winner of the election to represent Owode/Onire constituency.

She expressed her gratitude to APC leadership in the State and the electorate for giving her what she described as a rare opportunity.

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“Youth and women are being sidelined in Nigerian politics but Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has shaped the face in Kwara. I will make sure I improve and encourage youth and women participation in the polity,” she declared.

The lawmaker-elect was the Head of the News Department, Just Event Online publication.

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