The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday formally presented Certificates of Return to senators-elect and members-elect of the House of Representatives who emerged winners in the August 16 by-elections.
The presentation ceremony took place at the INEC national headquarters in Abuja, where different National Commissioners of the electoral body handed over the certificates to the victorious candidates.
Among those who received their certificates was Emmanuel Nwachukwu of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), elected as the senator representing Anambra South, and Joseph Ikpea of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who secured victory in the Edo Central Senatorial District.
Five members-elect of the House of Representatives also received their Certificates of Return. They include Barrister Omosede Igbinedion of the APC, who won the Ovie North East and Ovie South West Federal Constituency in Edo State; Mukhtar Rabi’u Garki of the APC, representing Babura/Garki Federal Constituency of Jigawa State; and Fidelix Bagudu of the APC, elected for Chikun/Kajuru Federal Constituency of Kaduna State.
Others are Adesola Ayoola-Elegbeji of the APC, who triumphed in the Ikenne/Shagamu/Remo North Federal Constituency of Ogun State; and Fola Oyekunle of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who emerged as the representative of Ibadan North Federal Constituency in Oyo State.
The August 16 by-elections were conducted by INEC to fill vacant legislative seats in both the Senate and the House of Representatives.
