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NINTH ASSEMBLY SET.

The 9th National Assembly will see a new nomenclature of Senators at the Red Chambers when they are inaugurated on 8th June, 2019. They filed forward at the International Conference Centre on Thursday, 14th March to collect their Certificate of Returns (COR) from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that moderated the elections.

A very good number of the outgoing 8th NASS members had lost in the party primaries and were not in line for a shot to their seats in the 9th Assembly.

The February 23rd and March 9th supplementary elections had the following victors who have collected their COR and are warming up for their swearing in.

INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION

2019 SENATORIAL ELECTION 23RD FEBRUARY AND MARCH 9 SUPPLEMENTARY, LIST OF ELECTED CANDIDATES

STATE - SN DISTRICT - CANDIDATE - GENDER - PARTY - REMARKS

ABIA

1 NORTH - KALU ORJI UZOR (M) APC

2 CENTRAL - ORJI THEODORE AHAMEFULE (M) PDP

3. SOUTH - ABARIBE ENYINNAYA HARCOURT (M) PDP

ADAMAWA

4 NORTH - ISHAKU ELISHA CLIFF (M) PDP

5 SOUTH - YAROE BINOS DAUDA (M) PDP 6. CENTRAL - DAHIRU AISHATU AHMED (F) APC

AKWA IBOM

7 NORTH EAST - AKPAN (M) PDP

8 NORTH WEST - CHRISTOPHER STEPHEN EKPENYONG (M) PDP

9 SOUTH - EYAKENYI AKON ETIM (M) PDP

1 ANAMBRA

10 NORTH - ODUAH STELLA ADAEZE PRINCESS (F) PDP

11 CENTRAL - UCHE LILIAN EKWUNIFE (F) PDP

12 SOUTH - PATRICK (M) YPP

BAUCHI

13 SOUTH- CANDIDATE TO BE DETERMINED APC BY COURT ORDER

14 CENTRAL - JIKA DAUDA HALLIRU (M) APC

15 NORTH - BULKACHUWA ADAMU MUHAMMAD (M) APC

BAYELSA

16 EAST - DEGI EREMIENYO BIOBARAKU WANGAGRA (M) APC

17 CENTRAL - DIRI DOUYE (M) PDP

18 WEST - EWHRUDJAKPO LAWRENCE O. (M) PDP

BENUE

19 NORTH EAST - GABRIEL TORWUA SUSWAM (M) PDP

20 NORTH WEST - EMMANUEL YISA ORKER-JEV (M) PDP

21 SOUTH - PATRICK ABBA MORO (M) PDP

BORNO

22 NORTH - ABUBAKAR SHAIB (M) APC

23 CENTRAL - SHETTIMA KASHIM (M) APC

24 SOUTH - NDUME MOHAMMED ALI (M) APC

CROSS RIVER

25 NORTH - OKO ROSE OKOJI (F) PDP

26 CENTRAL - ONOR SANDY OJANG (M) PDP

27 SOUTH - BASSEY GERSHOM HENRY (M) PDP

2 DELTA

28 CENTRAL - OMO-AGEGE OVIE AUGUSTINE (M) APC

29 NORTH - NWAOBOSHI PETER ONYELUKA (M) PDP

30 SOUTH - MANAGER JAMES EBIOWOU (M) PDP

EBONYI

31 NORTH - EGWU SAMUEL OMINYI (M) PDP

32 CENTRAL - OGBA JOSEPH OBINNA (M) PDP

33 SOUTH - MICHEAL AMA NNACHI (M) PDP

EDO

34 CENTRAL - ORDIA AKHIMIENMONA CLIFFFORD (M) PDP

35 NORTH - ALIMIKHENA FRANCIS ASEKHAME (M) APC

36 SOUTH - URHOGHIDE MATTHEW AISAGBONRIODION (M) PDP

EKITI

37 NORTH - ADETUNMBI OLUBUNMI AYODEJI (M) APC

38 CENTRAL - BAMIDELE MICHEAL OPEYEMI (M) APC

39 SOUTH - ADEYEYE CLEMENT ADEBAYO (M) APC

ENUGU

40 EAST - NNAMANI CHIMAROKE OGBONNIA (M) PDP

41 WEST - EKWEREMADU IKE (M) PDP

42 NORTH - UTAZI GODFREY CHUKWUKA (M) PDP

GOMBE

43 CENTRAL - GOJE MOHAMMED DANJUMA (M) APC

44 SOUTH - AMOS BULUS KILAWANGS (M) APC

45 NORTH - ALKALI SAIDU AHMED (M) APC

3 IMO

46 EAST - ONYEWUCHI EZENWA FRANCIS (M) PDP

47 WEST - DECLARATION MADE UNDER DURESS

48 NORTH – Pending.

JIGAWA

49 SOUTH WEST - MOHAMMED SABO (M) APC

50 NORTH EAST - HASSAN IBRAHIM HADEIJA (M) APC

51 NORTH WEST - SANKARA DANLADI ABDULLAHI (M) APC

KADUNA

52 NORTH - KWARI SULEIMAN ABDU (M) APC

53 CENTRAL - SANI UBA (M) APC

54 SOUTH - LAAH DANJUMA TELLA (M) PDP

KANO

55 CENTRAL - SHEKARAU IBRAHIM (M) APC

56 NORTH - BARAU JIBRIN I. (M) APC

57 SOUTH - GAYA IBRAHIM KABIRU (M) APC

KATSINA

58 NORTH - BABBA AHMAD KAITA (M) APC

59 SOUTH - MANDIYA BELLO (M) APC

60 CENTRAL - ABDULLAHI KABIR (M) APC

KEBBI

61 NORTH - ABDULLAHI ABUBAKAR YAHAYA (M) APC

62 CENTRAL - ADAMU MAINASARA ALIERO MUHAMMAD (M) APC

63 SOUTH - NA ALLAH BALA IBN (M) APC

4 KOGI

64 CENTRAL - YAKUBU OSENI (M) APC

65 EAST - ISAH JIBRIN (M) APC

66 WEST - MELAYE DANIEL DINO (M) PDP

KWARA

67 NORTH - UMAR SULEIMAN SADIQ (M) APC

68 CENTRAL - OLORIEGBE YAHAYA IBRAHIM (M) APC

69 SOUTH - ASHIRU OYELOLA YISA (M) APC

LAGOS

70 CENTRAL - TINUBU OLUREMI SHADE (F) APC

71 EAST - OSINOWO SIKIRU ADEBAYO (M) APC

72 WEST - ADEOLA SOLOMAN OLAMILEKAN (M) APC

NASARAWA

73 NORTH - AKWASHIKI GODIYA (M) APC

74 WEST - (M) APC

75 SOUTH - AL-MAKURA UMARU TANKO (M) APC

NIGER

76 EAST - MOHAMMED SANI MUSA (M) APC

77 NORTH - ABDULLAHI ALIYU SABI (M) APC

78 SOUTH - BIMA MUHAMMAD ENAGI (M) APC

OGUN

79 CENTRAL - AMOSUN IBIKUNLE OMOLAJA (M) APC

80 EAST - MUSTAPHA RAMONI OLALEKAN (M) APC

81 WEST - ODEBIYI TOLULOPE AKINREMI (M) APC

5 ONDO

82 NORTH - BOROFACE ROBERT AJAYI (M) APC

83 CENTRAL - AKINYELURE PATRICK AYO (M) PDP

84 SOUTH - TOFOWOMO NICHOLAS OLUBUKOLA (M) PDP

OSUN

85 CENTRAL - SURAJUDEEN AJIBOLA BASIRU (M) APC

86 EAST - FADAHUNSI FRANCIS ADENIGBA (M) PDP

87 WEST - ORIOLOWO ADELERE ADEYEMI (M) APC

OYO

88 CENTRAL - FOLARIN TESLIM KOLAWOLE (M) APC

89 NORTH - BUHARI ABDULFATAI (M) APC

90 SOUTH - KOLA ADEMOLA BALOGUN (M) PDP

PLATEAU

91 SOUTH - LONGJAN IGNATIUS DATONG (M) APC

92 CENTRAL - DIMKA HEZEKIAH AYU (M) PDP

RIVERS

94 EAST SUPPLEMENTARY

95 SOUTH EAST - MPIGI BARINADA (M) PDP

96 WEST SUPPLEMENTARY

SOKOTO

97 EAST - GOBIR IBRAHIM ABDULLAHI (M) APC

98 NORTH - WAMAKO ALIYU MAGATAKARDA (M) APC

99 SOUTH - SHEHU ABUBAKAR TAMBUWAL (M) APC

TARABA

100 SOUTH - BWACHA EMMANUEL (M) PDP

6 101 CENTRAL - (M) APC

102 NORTH - ISA SHUAIBU LAU (M) PDP

YOBE

103 EAST - GAIDAM IBRAHIM ALHAJI (M) APC

104 NORTH - IBRAHIM AHMAD LAWAL (M) APC

105 SOUTH - BOMAI IBRAHIM MOHAMMED (M) APC

ZAMFARA

106 NORTH - KAURA TIJJANI YAHAYA (M) APC

107 CENTRAL - ALIYU IKRA BILBIS (M) APC

108 WEST - ABUBAKAR ABDUL'AZIZ YARI (M) APC

FCT

109 FCT - TANIMU PHILIP ADUDA (M) PDP

Leadership Newspapers had reported that about 42 of the 109 serving senators, representing 38.5 per cent will not be returning to the Upper Legislative Chamber due to their inability to secure return tickets in their various political parties. The remaining sixty-seven of the 109 serving senators, representing 61.5% that secured return tickets from their parties, may not scale the final hurdle of return bid on the day of the Presidential and National Assembly elections.

“Those who will be missing include the former governor of , , because he is currently serving a 14-year jail term. Others are: Gbenga Ashafa (APC, East), Lanre Tejuoso (APC, Ogun Central), Fatima (APC, Ekiti Central), Sola Adeyeye (APC, Osun Central) and Babajide Omoworare (APC, Osun East). Others are: (PDP, Enugu East), (PDP, Bayelsa Central), Ben Murray Bruce (PDP Bayelsa West), Fosta Ogola (PDP, Bayelsa South), Ahmed Abubakar (APC Adamawa South), Rafiu Ibrahim (PDP, Kwara South), Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi (APC, Niger North) and David Umoru (APC Niger East) Also among those not returning to Senate in 2019 are: Senators Ahmed Sani Yerima (APC, Zamfara East), Bukkar Abba Ibrahim (APC, Yobe East), Abu Ibrahim (APC, Katsina South), (APC, Borno North), (PDP, Ogun East), and Kaka Gabbai (APC, Borno Central). Others are: Jonah Jang (PDP, Plateau North), Jeremiah

7 Useni (PDP, Plateau South), (PDP, Benue South), Philip Gyunka (PDP, Nasarawa North), Sam Anyanwu (PDP, Imo East), Abdulaziz (APC Adamawa Central) and Usman Bayero Nafada (PDP Gombe North). Also in the category are: Kabiru Marafa (APC, Zamfara Central), Shaaba Lafiagi (PDP, Kwara North), (PDP, Osun West), Sonny Ogborji (APC, Ebonyi South), John Enoh (APC, Cross Rivers Central), Gbolahan Dada (APC, Ogun West) and (APC, Imo West). Senators Enoh, Ogborji, Nyako and Useni are now governorship candidates in Cross River, Ebonyi, Adamawa and Plateau states respectively. In Bayelsa, Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, denied Senator Ogola (Bayelsa West) the PDP return ticket. Ewhrudjakpo, who is Governor Seriake Dickson’s ally, polled 247 votes to defeat Senator Ogola who polled two votes at the PDP primaries. Also Senator Bruce, popularly called ‘common sense’ withdrew from the race few hours to the exercise. Those who lost their ticket to other contestants include : Senator Gilbert Nnaji who lost the PDP ticket to former Governor for Enugu East senatorial district and the Chairman, Senate Committee on Rule and Business, Baba Kaka Garbai, lost the Borno Central ticket to Governor .Senator Fatima Rasaki who recently defected from PDP to APC, lost the Ekiti Central senatorial district ticket to the Director General of Fayemi Campaign Organization and former member of the House of Representatives, Opeyemi Bamidele. Senator Lafiagi who contested for the PDP gubernatorial ticket but lost in , was replaced by Alhaji Abubakar Sanni, Deputy Chairman of the old PDP. In Kwara South, Senator Rafiu Ibrahim stepped down his ambition to accommodate the emergence of Governor Abdulfattai Ahmed. In , the three senators, Senate Chief Whip, Prof. Sola Adeyeye, Babajide Omoworare and Senator Ademola Adeleke, lost their return tickets. While Prof. Sola Adeyeye, lost the return ticket for Osun Central to Basiru Ajibola, Babajide Omoworare (Osun East) lost to Hon. Ajibola Famurewa. However, Senator Ademola Adeleke (PDP) is not returning to the Senate because he still in Court pursuing his governorship ambition in court. In Lagos, Senator Ashafa lost his return ticket to a member of House of Assembly, Hon. Bayo Osinowo. General Jeremiah Useni has secured the PDP governorship ticket in Plateau, hence he is not returning to Upper Chamber. However, former Governor Jonah Jang, who lost out in the PDP presidential ticket will not be returning to the senate in 2019. The two APC senators, Lanre Tejuoso (Ogun Central) and Gbolahan Dada (Ogun West) have been replaced at the legislative primary election by their party with Governor and

8 his Chief of Staff, Chief Tolu Odebiyi respectively. Senator Buruji Kashamu who was expelled from the PDP, has been replaced by Bola Kalejaiye. In Zamfara, former governor and serving senator, Ahmed Sani Yarima, has stepped down for Governor Abdul’azeez Yari for Zamfara West ticket. Marafa is not returning because of his governorship ambition”.

The February 23rd elections had her intrigues. Senate President (PDP) was defeated at the Kwara Central by the APC candidate. It was a great fall as all his fielded candidates also lost in the Kwara tsunamis tagged ‘O to ge’ meaning IT IS ENOUGH because the Saraki dynasty had dominated Kwara politics for decades. , his ally at the Senate who had several brushes with the law again defeated former National President of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ), at Kogi West while incumbent Governor of , who was earlier reported to have booked a seat in Imo State had his name blotted out because the Returning Officer for his zone said he declared the results under duress. Okoracha has been threatening thunder and brimstones.

There is a slight correction on the image from The Cable Newspaper here. APC as at 15th March has 65 members, PDP 37 and YPP 1 there are six outstanding results being expected.

There are 43 returnee Senators into the Red Chambers. They are already jostling for leadership positions of the Senate. Right on the grounds where they collected their certificates, politicking for positions had started. Some APC members who know they would have the lion share of positions want President and the leadership of APC to act fast so that the hullabaloo of leadership of the 8th Senate where some people were said to have hijacked the leadership does not occur again.

Despite the fact that the APC has not announced zoning of the positions like Senate President, Deputy Senate President, Senate Leader, Returnee Senators like Danjuma Goje (APC Gombe Central), outgoing Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan (APC Yobe North) and Ali Ndume (APC ) who had brushes with the outgoing house which suspended him are spoiling for the Senate President Position. Notice that they are all from North East Zone. President Buhari is from North

9 West Zone and his Vice, Prof. Yemi Osibanjo is from South West. Interesting then is a long standing Senator and former State Governor, Kabiru Gaya who wants to be Deputy Senate President.

Oluremi Tinubu from Lagos may make history as the first female Deputy Senate if she can beat six other contenders from South West zone who think that position might be willed to their Zone. Oluremi is the wife of the APC National Leader, Senator who was instrumental to APC victory in 2015 and 2019. She is going into the Red Chambers a record fifth time. Reports as at the time of writing this stated that her Husband has objected to the dreams of his wife. Politics in is a Chess game.

A returning Senator from the North and from APC has alleged that defeated Senate President is trying to manipulate the leadership of the Red Chambers from his undercard. Bukola Saraki can be trusted like the Fox because there was a precedent of how he manipulated the system to become Senate President.

The Red Chamber is expected to be inaugurated on June 3rd by the President and new leaders are expected to emerge that day.

*Written by Rev. Eniola Joseph Olatunji, HND Mass Communication (Ogun Poly); Master of Communications Arts MCA (University of ); Master of Divinity M.Div Baptist Theological Seminary, Kaduna. Former Radio Presenter/Producer/Editor with Broadcasting Corporation (OGBC) and Radio Nigeria. Former News Editor, The Republic and Monitor Newspapers. Tel. +2348033114776. Email: [email protected]

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