US Congress: 30-year-old Owolewa elected, becomes first Nigerian-American in position

Nigerian-American, Oye Owolewa, has been elected as a shadow member of the United States House of Representatives from the District of Columbia.

According to election results on the website of the District of Columbia Board of Elections on Wednesday morning, Owolewa polled 81.59% of the votes, which represents 164,026 votes against Joyce Robinson-Paul, who scored 18,600 votes, and Sohaer Syed with 15,372 votes.
Owolewa, is father is from North-Central Kwara State and mother from South-West Oyo state. He was elected on the platform of the Democratic Party in the election.

He is also a PhD holder in Pharmacy from the Northeastern University, Boston.

Omolewa is one of the nine Nigerian-Americans on the ballot in Tuesday’s general elections in the United States.