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31-year old, Adeoye Owolewa becomes First Nigerian-American elected to the US Congress

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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.

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