Eight Nigerian-Americans Win in Us Midterm Elections.

Eight Nigerian-American politicians have won legislative offices in the United States midterm elections.

They won seats in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and the District of Columbia (DC)

A list of the victors and their offices, released by the Nigerian American Public Affairs Committee (NAPAC) revealed that Gabe Okoye won Georgia State Representative, District 102; Segun Adeyina won Georgia State Representative, District 110, Tish Naghise won Georgia State Representative, District 68; Phil Olaleye is Georgia State Representative in District 59, Carol Kazeem is Pennsylvania State Representative, District 159; Oye Owolewa, U.S. House of Representatives (Shadow Representative) in Washington D.C, Solomon Adesanya, now Georgia State Representative in District 43; while  Esther Agbaje was reelected as Minnesota State Representative in District 59B.

While congratulating the politicians on their successes, Nigeria’s Consul-General in New York, Lot Egopija, said the triumph showed the doggedness of Nigerians to survive everywhere.