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 74.7% of the total ballots cast. She will represent district 59B in the 134-member house of the democratic Farmer Labor Party, an affiliate of the Democratic Party.
Agbaje’s victory makes her the first Nigerian-American in the Minnesota legislature. The Nigerian-born democrat took to Instagram to express gratitude to his friends, family and D.C. residents for their support.
