Eight Nigerian-American politicians have won legislative
offices in the United States midterm elections.
They won seats in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and the
District of Columbia (DC)
The Nigerian American Public Affairs Committee (NAPAC)
released a list of the victors and their offices.
Gabe Okoye won Georgia State Representative, District 102;
Segun Adeyina won Georgia State Representative, District 110.
Tish Naghise won Georgia State Representative, District 68;
Phil Olaleye is Georgia State Representative in District 59.
Carol Kazeem is Pennsylvania State Representative, District
159; Oye Owolewa, U.S. House of Representatives (Shadow Representative) in
Washington D.C.
Solomon Adesanya, now Georgia State Representative in
District 43; Esther Agbaje was reelected as Minnesota State Representative in
District 59B.
The Federal Government has congratulated the politicians on
their successes
Amb. Lot Egopija, Nigeria’s Consul-General in New York, said
the triumph showed the doggedness of Nigerians to survive everywhere.
“We are not surprised. We are happy, and we are delighted
about the victory”, he told NAN.
The envoy advised others aspiring to be elected into offices
not to give up their ambition.
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