Ondo Senator-elect says mandate belongs to people

Senator-elect for Ondo South Otunba Nicholas Tofowomo has said that his mandate was for everyone in the constituency irrespective of tribal, religious and political affiliation.

Tofowomo made this assertion after receiving his Certificate of Return from INEC chairman Mahmood Yakubu, Thursday in Abuja.

A statement by Tofowomo’s media aide Olumide Akinrinlola quoted the senator-elect as dedicating the victory to God and the good people of Ondo South.

Tofowomo, who contested on the platform of the PDP, scored 81,892 votes to defeat the incumbent Senator, Yele Omogunwa, of the APC, who scored 55,610 votes at the March 9 re-run elections. (NAN)

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