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| HON. ADEDAMOLA RICHARD KASUNMU (ARK) |
Newly elected member of Lagos
State House of Assembly, Hon (Prince) Adedamola Richard Kasunmu has attributed
his historic victory in last Saturday’s election to Divine intervention.
Kasunmu, who contested on the platform of All
Progressives Congress (APC) for Ikeja Constituency 02 seat, won the election by a total of 19,909 votes while his closest rival, Prince Amidu Arubo of Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) got 14,147 votes. Other political parties who contested
in the election include Alliance for Democracy (AD), All Progressive Grand
Alliance (APGA), Labour Party (LP) and National Conscience Party (NCP). Declaring
the final results at the end of collation of Sunday morning at the Central
Primary School, Ikeja GRA, INEC Returning Officer Dr Dele Ashiru stated, “That Prince Adedamola Richard Kasunmu of the
All Progressive Congress having
satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of votes is
hereby declared the winner and is returned elected.”
Speaking at his Ikeja campaign
office shortly he was declared the winner, Prince Kasunmu said “First and
foremost I give all the Glory to God Almighty who made this victory possible.
We have been on this electioneering for that last couple of months and just
when we thought the D-Day was here, the election was shifted by those who were
afraid of change and we had to start all over again, but we remained steady,
focused and determined. It was not an easy task. The road to this victory was
very rough and the process was rigorous. But today we have achieved total
victory” he said. Speaking further, Hon. Kasunmu
said “I seize this opportunity to express my sincere appreciation to all our
Party leaders who gave me the opportunity to contest this election in the first
place. I also appreciate all our party members and constituents who supported
me and worked day and night to ensure that I won this election. This victory is
for all of you and I promise to work hard to justify the confidence you all
reposed in me”.
A Lawyer by training, Hon (Prince) Adedamola
Richard Kasunmu, popularly addressed as ARK,
was educated at Kings College, Lagos and University of Wolverhampton, United
Kingdom. A nephew of APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, his
grandmother, Alhaja (Dr) Abibatu Mogaji of blessed memory was the
Iyaloja-General of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Kasunmu defeated his PDP
counterpart with over 5000 votes.
