Election : Meet the First Aquinarian to be Elected to the Senate Chambers, Nicholas Tofowomo of PDP In Ondo

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Otunba Nicholas Tofowomo, the Senatorial Candidate of PDP as the winner of Ondo South Senatorial Election.

Tofowomo was declared winner of the election after scoring 81, 892 votes to defeat his closest rival, the incumbent Senator, Yele Omogunwa of the ruling APC who polled 55, 610 votes.

        Otunba Nicholas Tofowomo, An Acaosa 
The result was announced by INEC Returning Officer, professor Kayode Onifade in charge of Ondo South Senatorial Election in Ondo State after the Senatorial supplementary election held on Saturday was concluded.

VoiceAirMedia Recall that two weeks ago, INEC declared the Ondo South Senatorial election inconclusive on the excuse that the margin of win by the candidate of the PDP was less down 28, 300 of the total number of registered voters in the affected units where elections did not hold or were cancelled.

Tofowomo had initially polled 79, 036 to defeat incumbent Senator Omogunwa who scored 51, 993, with vote margins of 27, 036 when the election was declared inconclusive.

Meanwhile, the senator-elect has thanked the good people of Ondo South for his election, describing his victory as an act of God enveloped by Favour.

In a statement made available to press men in Okitipupa by pastor Olumide Akinrinlola, the Senator-elect said:

“ I won this election by the grace of God and divine arrangement to represent my people at the red chamber of the National Assembly.

” My victory is an act of God. I promised to be a good representative to all my  people in Ondo South regardless of their political affiliations, tribes, or religion,” he said.

Also contains in a statement received by VoiceAirMedia from Benjamin Ogendengbe says, many congratulations to Otunba Nicholas Tofowomo.

The Old students association of Aquinas College Akure, set 2004-2010 also extends their congratulory messages to the Senator elect, who is identified to be one of them and the first Aquinarian to be elected to the Senate  chambers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.