May 21, 2026
By Demola Akinyemi
Nigeria’s youngest lawmaker, Rukayat Shittu, has secured victory at the All Progressives Congress (APC) re-election primary, emerging as the party’s candidate for the Owode/Onire State Constituency seat in the Kwara State House of Assembly.
Rukayat on Wednesday defeated her only challenger, Sulyman Ayegun, to clinch the party’s ticket.
The primary election marks a significant moment in the constituency’s political landscape, which has historically operated a rotational arrangement between the Owode and Onire axes, a system that has traditionally limited representatives to a single term.
