Today, February 3, for the first time in 20 years, Surulere 1 Federal Constituency will get a representative whose name is not Femi Gbajabiamila.
Following his appointment as President Bola Tinubu’s chief of staff, Gbajabiamila, the former speaker of the House of Representatives, announced his resignation from the chamber in June.
The contest to fill the seat will have fourteen (14) contenders. Among them are Akinyemi Da-Sliva (Accord), Jonathan Ololade (All Progressives Grand Alliance), Collins Aigbokhaode (African Democratic Congress), Kayode Jelili (Action Alliance), Fuad Laguda (All Progressives Congress), and Samuel Ekwuruke (Allied People’s Movement).
Others are Yinusa Adisa (Action People’s Party), Adeola Adebanjo (Labour Party), Jerry Afemighie (Peoples Democratic Party); Muyiwa Adedeji (Social Democratic Party); Oluwole Austine Brito (Young Progressive Party) and Emereole Anthony (Zenith Labour Party).
The battle is expected to be a three-horse race between Laguda of the APC, Adebanjo of LP and Afemighie of the PDP.