Banky W loses house of representatives election to Labour Party candidate

Candidate of Labour Party, Thaddeus Attah, has defeated music star and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Banky W, to clinch Eti-Osa Federal Constituency seat in the House of Representatives.

Labour Party’s Attah polled 24,075 votes, beating his counterparts, Olubankole Wellington (Banky W) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who had 18,666 votes, and Babajide Obanikoro of the APC, who had 16, 901 votes.

Babajide, who is a son of former Minister of Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, is the current lawmaker representing the constituency.

Attah was declared winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission Returning Officer, Prof Funmilayo Odukoya on Sunday, February 26, at the Collation Centre, Lagos State Model Nursery and Primary School, Marwa, Lekki.