In the election that was held on Saturday, February 3, 2024, Laguda, a former APC chairman in the Surulere Local Government, brushed aside all his contenders to secure a comfortable win.
Declaring the results, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer for the bye-election, Prof Simeon Adebayo, said the APC candidate polled 11,203 votes.
His closest rival from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) scored a paltry 278 votes, while the Labour Party candidate garnered 240 votes.
