Ajiya, who is the immediate past chairman of the Abaji area council of Abuja, defeated the incumbent House of Representatives Member for Abuja south constituency, Alhaji Hassan Sokodabo Usman Sokodabo of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) who sought a second term.
The INEC returning officer for the Abuja South election, Prof, Wasiu O. Gabadeen, who declared the result on Monday, said that Ajiya of the APC scored 51,502 votes to beat his closest rival of the PDP, Sokodabo who got 47,376 votes.