Nigerian-American, Adeoyo Owolewa has been elected a U.S. Representative out of the District of Columbia, OYOgist.com reports.
The 31-year old is the first Nigerian with this achievement. Adeoye had 82.65% of the votes, which represents 135,234 votes against Joyce Robinson-Paul, who had 15,541 votes, and Sohaer Syed with 12,846 votes.
Oye Owolewa, whose father is from Kwara State and mother is from Oyo, is a PhD holder in Pharmacy from the Northeastern University, Boston.
