Nigerian singer, Bankole Wellington, popularly known as Banky W, has again, been declared the winner of the PDP primary rerun for the Eti-Osa constituency House of Representatives ticket for the 2023 general election.
Banky W had a landslide victory, polling 24 votes out of 29 votes cast by delegates at the primary rerun held in Lagos. He contested against a legal practitioner, Mr. Sam Aiboni, who polled five votes. The election was held for 30 minutes with two contestants, 28 delegates from the wards, and one national delegate.
The returning officer, Mr. Ojosegun Abayomi, screened the 29 delegates and announced the absence of two of the delegates. Mr. Abayomi at the end of the elections described the process as peaceful and transparent.
A video on Banky W’s Instagram page showed the counting of votes, as attendees chanted victory songs and lifted him in the air.
This came two weeks after he was earlier declared winner in the primary elections. However, the result slip showed his challenger, Aiboni, as the winner. Following the controversies that trailed the primary, another election was scheduled for Monday, June 6, 2022.
Announcing his victory, Banky W’s campaign team said: “While we are grateful for our success at the primaries, we are completely heartbroken at the state of our nation. We must play our part in fixing the Nation, and we must get into the system to help fix it. Our work begins now. Please join us”.
Reacting to his victory, Banky W thanked the party and the people for the opportunity to represent the party in the 2023 election, describing the process as free and fair.
“I want to thank the leaders, the delegates, the party members, the presiding officer, INEC, the DSS, and the police for being here to ensure this election is free and fair. I want to thank the party for taking its time to ensure we did this election again to make sure it was free and fair”.
Banky W
Banky also thanked his opponent and stated that he was a formidable competitor, but he did not see him as an opponent but rather as brothers on the same side.
“I hope that after today, we will be working together to win Eti-Osa for our people. I believe that we can do so much better, Nigeria is in a heartbreaking place, and we need people that have our interest and that of our nation and community at heart. I promise that given this mandate, I will be a servant by God’s grace and make the people of Eti-Osa, Lagos state, and Nigeria proud. We did it again, and by the grace of God, we will continue to win”.
Banky W
Mr. Abioni on his part offered congratulations to the winner and thanked the party for the free and fair election conducted.
“The election was conducted according to the rules, and I want to use this opportunity to congratulate Banky W for taking up the mantle and being the next member to represent the able house at the next election in 2023”.
Mr. Abioni
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