A young Nigerian man living in the United States has been elected to the nation’s Congress.
Adeoye Owolewa, 31, ran on the platform of the Democratic Party to represent Washington DC in the House of Representatives, and won, making him the first Nigerian to be so elected to the United States Congress.
The tweet:
Oye Owolewa, whose father is from Kwara State and mother is from Oyo, is a PhD holder in Pharmacy from the Northeastern University, Boston.
Another tweet:
Congrats Oye Owolewa.
(ABC 7 News, APC United Kingdom, Twitter)