Two Americans with Nigerian descent, Oye Owolewa and Esther Agbaje have emerged victorious in the US elections. While Agbaje won a House of Reps seat in Minnesota, Owolewa was declared winner of the shadow election in the District of Columbia (DC). Owolewa, on his part, scored a total of 164,026 votes, which represents 82.84% of the total votes cast. A Ph.D. holder from Northeastern University, Boston, Owolewa is the first Nigerian-American to be elected to US congress. Agbaje won by a landslide, scoring a total of 17,396 votes, which represents…
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