2023 election: 26-year-old Rukayat Shittu wins assembly seat in Kwara | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News

The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Rukayat Shittu, has been declared the winner of the Kwara State House of Assembly election.

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The Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) returning officer, Professor Akeem Olasunkanmi Ijaiya, said that Shittu polled 7,521 votes in the Saturday House of Assembly election

“Having scored the highest number of votes and satisfied the requirements of the law, she is hereby declared the winner of the election,” Ijaiya declared.

This makes her the youngest lawmaker in the state and in the country to clinch the House of Assembly seat in the 2023 House of Assembly elections.