The Majority Leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Noheem Adams, has emerged as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Eti-Osa Constituency I after defeating his challenger, Saheed Bankole, in Wednesday’s primary election.
Adams secured 7,638 votes, while Bankole polled 1,225 votes, winning in five out of the six wards contested. The election in Ward J was declared inconclusive.
The result was announced at Olomu Primary School in Ajah, positioning Adams for another bid to return to the Lagos State House of Assembly ahead of the 2027 general elections.
APC officials officially declared Adams winner after the collation of results across the wards in Eti-Osa Constituency I.
Reacting to the victory, Adams described the outcome as a true reflection of the wishes of party members and residents in the constituency.
“I feel great and honoured. It is the will of the people. It is democracy, and the people have spoken today,” Adams said.
The lawmaker stated that his re-election ambition had earlier received endorsements from party leaders, local government chairmen and key stakeholders within the constituency.
“Prior to today, my leaders from the GAC, chairmen of local government councils, party heads and ward chairmen endorsed my re-election bid,” he said.
“All my constituents also converged two weeks ago to declare their support.”
According to Adams, several efforts were made to persuade his opponent to withdraw from the race before the primary election, but the contest still went ahead.
“They asked my opponent to step down, but he insisted on the primary election,” he said.
“Today, we have seen the result.”
Providing details of the ward-by-ward results, Adams said the figures reflected overwhelming grassroots support for his candidacy.
“For example, in Ward A3, I had over 2,000 votes while my opponent had just a little above 200,” he said.
“In Ajah, we recorded 1,262 votes while he had minor votes. In Oniru, we secured over 2,500 votes, and he had just 143.”
“In another ward, we recorded over 600 votes while he scored about 400. Overall, across the six wards, we won by about 92 per cent.”
The Majority Leader also praised party officials and security agencies for ensuring what he described as a peaceful and transparent electoral process.
He expressed optimism that the outcome of the primary election would be respected and upheld by the party leadership.
“With the six Divisional Police Officers in the constituency affirming my victory, I hope the will of the people will be sustained by the party,” Adams said.
Adams further pledged to mobilise strong support for Bola Tinubu and other APC candidates during the 2027 general elections.
“The people have promised me that they will ensure I win the main election by 95 per cent,” he said.
“They have also promised victory for our President, the governorship candidate and other candidates of the party.”
“I am assuring the President that this time around, we are going to win this place for him.”
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