The first Nigerian-American has been elected to the US Congress early on Wednesday morning.
He is a 30-year-old Mr Oye Owolewa, whose father is from Kwara State and mother from Oyo, is aiming for a ‘shadow’ (non-voting) seat in the House of Representatives.
Owolewa, a PhD holder in Pharmacy from the Northeastern University, Boston, is seeking to represent the District of Columbia under the Democratic Party.
Owolewa won 135,234 votes representing 82.65% of the total votes against Joyce Robinson-Paul, who had 15,541 votes, and Sohaer Syed had 12,846 votes.
A Nigerian-born Democrat, Oye Owolewa, will be elected as a shadow United States Representative out of the District of Columbia.
This was stated by ABC 7 News via its Twitter handle early on Wednesday morning.
It tweeted, “Democrat Oye Owolewa will be elected as a shadow U.S. Representative out of the District of Columbia.”
