{"id":84231,"date":"2023-03-11T10:52:54","date_gmt":"2023-03-11T09:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/children-wives-of-politicians-grab-national-assembly-seats"},"modified":"2023-03-11T12:23:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-11T11:23:51","slug":"children-wives-of-politicians-grab-national-assembly-seats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/children-wives-of-politicians-grab-national-assembly-seats","title":{"rendered":"Children, wives of politicians grab National Assembly seats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>In Nigeria, transfer of political power from parents to children is not new. Spouses ascending to political power through marital connection is also becoming a trend.<\/p>\n<p>Two weeks ago, Nigerians elected members of the National Assembly across the 109 senatorial districts and 360 federal constituencies.<\/p>\n<p><b>Olamijuwonlo Akala<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Olamijuwonlo, the son of the former Governor of Oyo State, Alao Akala contested the Ogbomoso Federal Constituency election on the 25th of February.<\/p>\n<p>He polled 33, 268 votes to beat his close rival, Olufemi Onireti of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who polled 27,126.<\/p>\n<p>Olamijuwonlo will be in the 10th House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p><b>Bello El-Rufai<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The son of Governor Nasir Elrufai, Bello also contested and won a seat in the House of Representatives to represent Kaduna North.<\/p>\n<p>Bello, a member of the ruling party polled 51,052 votes to defeat the PDP candidate, Samaila Suleiman who had 34,808 votes.<\/p>\n<p>The senior Elrufai is at the final lap of his second term as Governor of the State.<\/p>\n<p><b>Erhiatake Ibori-Suenu<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Erhiatake, the daughter of the former Governor of Delta State is also on her way to the Green Chamber to represent the Ethiope federal constituency of Delta State.<\/p>\n<p>She polled 10,634 votes to defeat the incumbent Roland Igbakpa of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), who polled 3,591 votes.<\/p>\n<p>Ibori, who once served a term in a UK prison, was governor of the oil state from 1999 to 2007.<\/p>\n<p><b>Ireti Kingibe<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Ireti, the wife of Babagana Kingibe is the senator-elect for the federal capital territory.<\/p>\n<p>Babangana was the running mate to Moshood Abiola during the 1993 presidential election and played a prominent role during the Sani Abacha regime.<\/p>\n<p>Ireti won the senatorial election by defeating the long-serving Philip Aduda of the PDP. She scored a total of 202,175 votes to defeat Aduda who polled 100,544 votes.<\/p>\n<p><b>Blessing Onuh<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Blessing Onuh, the daughter of former Senate President, David Mark, also won her re-election to represent Otukpo\/Ohinmimi federal constituency of Benue State.<\/p>\n<p>She polled 29,031 votes to defeat his closest rival Alex Ogbe of PDP who got 21,741.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Onuh\u2019s father was in the Senate from 1999 to 2019 and was Senate President for 8 years.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike her father, Ms Onuh is a member of the ruling APC.<\/p>\n<p><b>Regina Akume<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Mrs Akume, the wife of Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Senator George Akume is also on her way to the Green Chamber.<\/p>\n<p>She won the election to represent Tarka\/Gboko Federal Constituency on the platform of the All Progressive Congress.<\/p>\n<p>She was Benue State First Lady from 1999 to 2007.<\/p>\n<p><b>Khadijah Bukar<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The former Minister of State for Foreign Affairs is the wife of the former Governor of Yobe State, Bukar Ibrahim.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, Ms Bukar had to fight her stepson for the ticket of the APC and subsequently won the main election.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, Mrs Bukar is among the 15 female House of Representatives members elected so far.<\/p>\n<p>She represents Damaturu\/Gulani\/Tarmowa\/Gujba federal constituency in Yobe State.<\/p>\n<p><b>Ebele Obiano<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The wife of former Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State contested the Anambra North Senatorial District election on the platform of APGA.<\/p>\n<p>However, she was defeated by Tony Nwoye of the Labour Party.<\/p>\n<p><b>Oluwajomiloju \u201cJoju\u201d Fayose<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The son of former Governor Ayodele Fayose was also defeated on February 25.<\/p>\n<p>The young Fayose contested for the Ado-Ekiti\/Ifelodun\/Irepodun Constituency of Ekiti State.<\/p>\n<p>He was defeated by Oluwafemi Fatoba with 39,183 total votes. Oluwajomiloju emerged first runner-up with 12,295 votes.<\/p>\n<p>It would be recalled that Fayose and several other PDP members in Ekiti were expelled by the party for anti-party activities.<\/p>\n<p><b>Umar Abdullahi Ganduje<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The junior Ganduje, a candidate of the APC for Dawakin Tofa-Tofa and Rimin Gado Federal constituency was defeated on 25 February.<\/p>\n<p>He was defeated by Tijjani Abudlkadir Jobe, a candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP).<\/p>\n<p>The NNPP candidate polled 52, 456 votes while Ganduje polled 44,809 votes.<\/p>\n<p><b>Akeem Adeyemi<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The son of the late Alafin of Oyo also won his re-election to represent Atiba\/Oyo East\/Oyo West Federal Constituency.<\/p>\n<p>Adeyemi of the APC was declared the winner with 34,822 votes, while the candidate of the PDP had 31,621.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first time Mr Adeyemi would win an election without his father\u2019s support.<\/p>\n<p><b>Dapo Lam-Adesina<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Dapo, the son of the former Governor of Oyo, Lam Adesina, also took a shot at coming back to the House of Representatives, but he lost out.<\/p>\n<p>Dapo was in the 8th House (2015-2019) before he lost his bid to return in 2019. In this election cycle, Dapo contested against the incumbent, Abass Adigun.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. In Nigeria, transfer of political power from parents to children is not new. Spouses ascending to political power through marital connection is also becoming a trend. Two weeks ago, Nigerians elected members of the National Assembly across the 109 senatorial districts and 360 federal constituencies. 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