Lagos East senatorial district

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The Lagos East senatorial district in Lagos State, Nigeria covers the local government areas of Epe, Ibeju-Lekki, Ikorodu, Kosofe, and Somolu. [1] The senator currently representing the district is Tokunbo Abiru of the All Progressives Congress who was elected with 87.2% of the vote in 2020. [2] [3]

List of senators

SenatorPartyYearAssemblyRef
Anthony Adefuye SDP 5 December 1992 – 17 November 1993 3rd
Adeseye Ogunlewe AD 3 June 1999 – 3 June 2003 4th [4]
Adeleke Mamora ACN 3 June 2003 – 6 June 2011 5th, 6th [5] [6]
Gbenga Ashafa APC 6 June 2011 – 9 June 2019 7th, 8th [7] [8]
Adebayo Osinowo APC 11 June 2019 – 15 June 2020 9th [9] [10]
Tokunbo Abiru APC December 2020 – present [11] [12]

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