Adeoye Owolewa: Nigerian man wins election to US Congress
- Osas Airen
- Nov 4, 2020
- 1 min read

A Nigerian living in the United States identified as Adeoye Owolewa has been elected to the country's Congress, becoming the first to do so.
The 31-year-old politician ran on the platform of the Democratic Party to represent Washington DC in the House of Representatives.
After the news of his victory was shared by @APCUKingdom, Nigerians took to the comment section to congratulate their own.
A tweet with the Twitter handle @Olabanjiu1 wrote:
"Congratulations to Oye and to the entire Nigerians at home and diaspora.
" @olubenx10 commented:
"Congratulations to him."
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