Rukayat Shittu, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, has been declared the winner of Owode Onire state constituency of Asa Local Government Area in Kwara State House of Assembly election. It was learned that the APC candidate polled 7,521 to defeat her rival in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 6,957 during Saturday’s election. This made her one of the youngest candidates in Nigeria to contest and win a political seat.
It was learned that the APC candidate polled 7,521 to defeat her rival in the Peoples Democratic Party , who scored 6,957 during Saturday’s election.
Rukayat Shittu, the ruling All Progressives Congress candidate, has been declared the winner of Owode Onire state constituency of Asa Local Government Area in Kwara State House of Assembly election. It was learned that the APC candidate polled 7,521 to defeat her rival in the Peoples Democratic Party , who scored 6,957 during Saturday’s election. She is a former Senate President of the Congress of NOUN Students at the National Open University of Nigeria and a journalist.Rukayat attended Baptist Primary School LGEA in Ilorin, and Government Girls Day Secondary School, Oko Erin to obtain her Senior Secondary School Certificate in 2011.
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