By: Manoah Kikekon
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| Sesi Whingan and Olusegun Onilude |
BADAGRY, LAGOS – Intense political anxiety has gripped the Badagry Federal Constituency following the conclusion of the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election held on Saturday, May 16, 2026. The race for the party's green chamber ticket has entered a state of confusion as two conflicting results have emerged online, with both major camps claiming victory.
The direct primary election was conducted across all 11 wards of the Badagry federation to decide who flies the party's flag for the House of Representatives ahead of the general elections.
The first set of results, which widely circulated across social media platforms but could not be independently verified by News Peddlers, claimed that the incumbent lawmaker representing the constituency, Prince Sesi Oluwaseun Whingan, won the primary election.
According to this unverified scorecard, allegedly originating from an APC Badagry Federal Constituency electoral committee sheet, Whingan polled 3,889 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Hon. Olusegun Adeniran Onilude (referred to in the sheet as Onico), who allegedly scored 3,339 votes, leaving a victory margin of 550 votes.
Crucially, this online tally recorded vote counts in only six out of the eleven wards. It indicated that five key wards Ibereko (Ward C), Apa (Ward D), Keta-East (Ward E), Araromi/Ilogbo (Ward H), and Ajara (Ward J) recorded zero vote counts due to unspecified reasons and disruptions.
6-Ward Results Breakdown in Circulation:
Posukoh (Ward A):.Sesi – 472, Onilude – 410
Awanijigoh (Ward B): Sesi – 657, Onilude – 988
woro/Gbanko (Ward F): Sesi – 693, Onilude – 645
Ajido (Ward G): Sesi – 279, Onilude – 540
Ikoga (Ward I): Sesi – 1,285, Onilude – 183
Salu/Yafin (Ward K): Sesi – 503, Onilude – 573
In stark contrast, a completely different set of results was made available to journalists following the official tally at the Badagry Local Government Secretariat. This documentation, signed and submitted by the designated collation officer, Olugbenga Adeniyi Idowu, declared Hon. Olusegun Onilude the landslide winner of the primary.
According to Idowu’s official submission destined for the state party secretariat, voting did take place across all 11 wards, resulting in a total of 18,887 votes for Onilude, against Whingan’s 7,489 votes, and 637 votes for the third aspirant, Femi Ogunsanya.
Addressing the discrepancies and pockets of violence, the Collation Officer stated: "The election started peacefully but reports from the wards indicated that problems started when the agent of one of the aspirants realised that another aspirant had more people on ground than their principal. At the collation centre, we received the results of the elections from various wards and advised the aggrieved aspirant to document their complaints and submit them to us for onward transmission to the state party secretariat."
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| Report of the collation officer |
The Secretariat's Collation Figures (All 11 Wards):
WARD A – POSUKOH
Onilude O.A — 2,035
Sesi Whingan — 849
Femi Ogunsanya — 120
WARD B – AVHANJIGOH
Onilude O.A — 1,989
Sesi Whingan — 666
Femi Ogunsanya — 13
WARD C – IBEREKO
Onilude O.A — 1,760
Sesi Whingan — 475
Femi Ogunsanya — 209
WARD D – APA
Onilude O.A — 2,032
Sesi Whingan — 604
Femi Ogunsanya — NIL
WARD E – KETA EAST
Onilude O.A — 3,147
Sesi Whingan — 304
Femi Ogunsanya — NIL
WARD F – IWORO / IGBANKO
Onilude O.A — 645
Sesi Whingan — 693
Femi Ogunsanya — 3
WARD G – AJIDO
Onilude O.A — 540
Sesi Whingan — 16
Femi Ogunsanya — 279
WARD H – ILOGBO / ARAROMI
Onilude O.A — 985
Sesi Whingan — 764
Femi Ogunsanya — NIL
WARD I – IKOGA
Onilude O.A — 183
Sesi Whingan — 1,285
Femi Ogunsanya — 06
WARD J – AJARA
Onilude O.A — 5,001
Sesi Whingan — 1,830
Femi Ogunsanya — NIL
WARD K – IYAFIN
Onilude O.A — 570
Sesi Whingan — 503
Femi Ogunsanya — 07
Onilude = 18,887
Sesi = 7,489
Ogunsanya -637
In line with strict party guidelines, neither candidate can be officially declared the flagbearer until the APC State and National Working Committees vet the collation officer's report against incoming petitions.
The state party hierarchy is expected to make an official, binding announcement by Monday to clear the air. Until then, residents and party faithful across Badagry wait anxiously to find out who will officially represent the ruling party on the ballot.