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Jubilation as 26-Year-Old Rukayat Shittu Wins House of Assembly Seat in Key Northern State
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Jubilation as 26-Year-Old Rukayat Shittu Wins House of Assembly Seat in Key Northern State

by  Nurudeen Lawal 1 min read

Kwara state - Rukayat Shittu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been declared the winner of the election for the Owode/Onire state constituency in Kwara.

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Akeem Ijaiya, INEC returning officer, announced on Sunday, March 19, said Shittu polled 7,521 votes to defeat Abdullah Magaji of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 6,957 votes.

Rukayat Motunrayo Shittu
26-Year-Old Rukayat Shittu Wins House of Assembly Seat in Kwara State
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“Having scored the highest number of votes and satisfied the requirements of the law, she is hereby declared the winner of the election” Ijaiya said.

With her victory, Shittu will be the youngest state assembly lawmaker in the country by May 29.

Read Legit.ng's exclusive chat with Shittu before she emerged as the winner.

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Nurudeen Lawal (Head of Politics and Current Affairs Desk) Nurudeen Lawal is an AFP-certified journalist with a wealth of experience spanning over 8 years. He received his B/Arts degree in Literature-in-English from OAU. Lawal is the Head of the Politics/CA Desk at Legit.ng, where he applies his expertise to provide incisive coverage of events. He was named the Political Desk Head of the Year (Nigeria Media Nite-Out Award 2023). He is also a certified fact-checker (Dubawa fellowship, 2020). Contact him at lawal.nurudeen@corp.legit.ng or +2347057737768.

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