Wole Adedeji, Ilorin
Winner in the Kwara State House of Assembly bye-election for Patigi Constituency seat has been presented with his Certificate of Return by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The lawmaker-elect, Ahmed Rufai Adam, received the certificate from INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Mallam Garba Attahiru-Madami, on Tuesday.
Rufai Adam of the All Progressives Congress (APC) won the bye-election conducted, on March 14, polling more than 10,000 votes to beat the PDP candidate.
Speaking at the occasion, the Kwara State REC, commended the six political parties that took part in the by-election for their peaceful conduct and good sense of sportsmanship.
Explaining the delay in presenting the Certificate of Return, the REC said INEC national chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, shortly after the election, suspended all activities in the Commission and which was why exercise was even attended by a few people.
He, however, appealed to the leadership of political parties, in Kwara State, to always live and relate peacefully with one another.
His words, “Let us continue to live at peace with each other, let us continue to conduct elections peacefully in Kwara”.
The Kwara REC expressed his satisfaction with the overall conduct of the Patigi bye-election, which he said his colleague in Osun State attested to.
He charged the member-elect to discharge his parliamentary functions with good sense of duty.
Responding, APC vice chairman, Chief Theophilus Oyebiyi, thanked the
Resident Commissioner for a job well done as regards the Patigi by-election.
“I have always been saying it that you are a trusted person with impeccable integrity. You have not disappointed us,” Oyebiyi said.