Nigerian born Owolewa wins U.S. Reps seat

Nigerian-born Democrat, Oye Owolewa, will be 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.

“Democrat Oye Owolewa will be elected as a shadow U.S. Representative out of the District of Columbia.”

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.

Felicitations pour in

Nigeria’s former Senate President, Abubakar Saraki has taken to his Twitter handle to congratulate the Kwara born on his victory.

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

This is a good news..more reason Nigeria needs to grow pass region/religion/ethnic group if we truly wants progress.God bless you sir.

— Kay!!! (@kayode_ibitomi) November 4, 2020

Bravo! We are so so proud of you and also wants to thank you for making Omu-Aran, Kwara people and Nigeria at large proud too.

— SARAKI MOVEMENT FOR POSITIVE CHANGE (SMPC) (@SMPC_movement) November 4, 2020