The winner of Osun-West Senatorial District election,
Ademola Adeleke (PDP-Osun), on Wednesday took office oath to replace the late
Isiaka Adeleke who died on April 23.
The oath was administered on him by the Clerk of the
Senate, Mr Nelson Ayewoh, during plenary.
Adeleke won the senatorial bye-election held on Saturday,
defeating his closest opponent, Mudashiru Hussein of the All Progressives
People’s Congress (APC).
Congratulating
the new lawmaker, Deputy Minority Leader, Emmanuel Bwacha, said “I want to tell
Nigerians that God loves Nigerians. The giant, the People’s Democratic Party
(PDP), is awake.
“The
development is an indication that Nigeria is going to move forward. I
congratulate you. There is no winner, no vanquish.
“All
our sons who are in Diaspora should come home so that we can re-position this
party for a better Nigeria. This can only be possible if we are serious to
change `the change’.”
In
his reaction, Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan, said that “Nigerians overwhelmingly
and massively took out the PDP from the running of this country and it will
remain in Diaspora.
“All
the same, we congratulate Nigerians for the kind of judgment that the Supreme
Court gave under this administration.
“This goes to show that this administration
believes in Separation of Powers and believes that our judiciary should remain
and continue to be free in what it does,” Lawan said.
In
his remarks, the President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, said that in line
with Senate rules, there could not be further debate, adding that “we take note
of Sen. Bwacha’s comments.”
With
the inauguration of Adeleke, PDP now has 43 lawmakers while the APC has 65
lawmakers.
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