Rukuyah Shittu, a 26 year old lady has been declared winner of the Kwara state house of assembly in the just concluded governorship and state assembly elections.
Shittu who contested under the All Progressive Congress APC, according to the results announced by INEC, polled 7,521 votes, defeating her closest rival from the People’s Democratic Party PDP, who polled 6,957 votes.
She is a graduate of the National Open University and will be representing Owode/Onire Constituency in the Kwara state House of Assembly.
Shittu who hails from Manyan in Onire district, is the first from her village to represent the constituency politically.
