Khadijah Haliru contested and emerged on Tuesday as the councillor-elect of Ingersoll town of Oxford county, Ontario, Canada.

While announcing Haliru’s victory, Dabiri-Erewa tweeted, “One of our own has done it. Nigerian in Diaspora. Nana Khadijah Mamudu-Haliru has done us proud.

“She contested for councillorship in Ingersoll of Ontario council in faraway Canada and has won. Congrats.”

During her campaign,Khadija Haliru, a graduate of Ahmadu Bello University and a business consultant said, “I feel like we just really have to open our hearts and minds to a different way of thinking so we can bring some change.

“I’m not saying anything about whether the current council is right or wrong, but having an additional perspective is fair.

“Being really strategically located we have the opportunity to be a center of attraction for tourists. Our downtown is suffering, so we need to bring more attention to our businesses and I have a few ideas on how we can engage youth more,”she had said

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