FG excited as 3 more Nigerians win election in US

Three more Nigerians have won their respective re-election into various districts in the United States of America.

They are Reps Gabe Okoye representing Georgia District 102, Phil Olaleye representing 59th District of Georgia and Solomon Adesanya, a Democrat, representing the 43rd District in the Georgia House of Representatives. 

This is coming after four Nigerians – a United States-born Nigerian, Dr Oye Owolewa, District of Columbia; Segun Adeyina, Georgia, USA, Adeyemi Mobolade, Colorado Springs, USA; and Chiaka Barry, Ginninderra District, Australia – recently won elections into various elective positions.

Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), in the congratulatory message issued by the Director of Media and Public Relations of the Commission, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, on Monday, described the trio as worthy ambassadors of Nigeria. 

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The NIDCOM boss said the re-election victory was not accidental, adding that proven track records of their performances in office to their respective constituents earned them the victory.

Gabe Okoye is an Enugu-born Nigerian–American Civil Engineer who on November 8, 2022, became a legislator elect at the 2022 US midterm elections, representing Georgia State. He took office on January 9, 2023, and got re-elected in the Nov. 5, 2024 election.

On the other hand, the 39-year-old Solomon Adesanya is an American businessman and a politician. He was elected on November 8, 2022, in the 2022 US midterm elections and won the re-election to the Georgia House of Representatives covering the 43rd District mainly Marietta and a small part of Northwest Atlanta. Adesanya won the seat in a district historically held by a Republican on Nov. 5, 2024. 

Harvard-trained Phil Olaleye is a United States politician and the former executive director of a non-profit educational foundation.

He was elected on Nov. 8, 2022, as a Member of the Georgia House of Representatives from the 59th district and assumed office January 9, 2023, before his re-election on Nov. 5, 2024, as a legislator representing Georgia House of Representatives District 59 under the Democratic Party.