Felicitations Pour in as Saraki, Others Congratulate Nigerian Born Owolewa for Winning U.S. Rep Seat
Nigerian-born Democrat, Oye Owolewa, has been elected as a shadow United States Representative out of the District of Columbia.
This is according to a tweet by ABC 7 News in early hours of Wednesday.
JUST IN: Democrat Oye Owolewa will be elected as a shadow U.S. Representative out of the District of Columbia.
ELECTION RESULTS: https://t.co/PAxfz7AJQl pic.twitter.com/4jP0NxB0Ux
— ABC 7 News – WJLA (@ABC7News) November 4, 2020
Based on the election results, Oye had 82.65% of the votes, which represents 135,234 votes against Joyce Robinson-Paul, who had 15,541 votes, and Sohaer Syed with 12,846 votes.
Oye Owolewa, 30, hails from Omu-Aran in Kwara state.
Owolewa is one out of the nine Nigerian-Americans contesting in the U.S. elections.
Owolewa, holds a PhD holder in Pharmacy from the Northeastern University, Boston.
Meanwhile, felicitations have begun to pour in as Nigeria’s former Senate President, Abubakar Saraki has joined more Nigerians to congratulate the Kwara born on his victory.
Saraki, on his Twitter handle on Wednesday described Owolewa’s convincing victory at the polls as “a great testament to the ‘can do’ spirit of all Nigeria’s young people.”
I congratulate Oye Owolewa (@AdeoyeOwolewa), on his election as a shadow U.S. Representative for the District of Columbia. His convincing victory at the polls is a great testament to the ‘can do’ spirit of all Nigeria’s young people. https://t.co/PpLnmjJ6Tk
— Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki (@bukolasaraki) November 4, 2020
I congratulate Oye Owolewa (@AdeoyeOwolewa), on his election as a shadow U.S. Representative for the District of Columbia. His convincing victory at the polls is a great testament to the ‘can do’ spirit of all Nigeria’s young people. https://t.co/PpLnmjJ6Tk
— Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki (@bukolasaraki) November 4, 2020
I congratulate Oye Owolewa (@AdeoyeOwolewa), on his election as a shadow U.S. Representative for the District of Columbia. His convincing victory at the polls is a great testament to the ‘can do’ spirit of all Nigeria’s young people. https://t.co/PpLnmjJ6Tk
— Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki (@bukolasaraki) November 4, 2020
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