NINTH SENATE ASSEMBLY SET. the 9Th National Assembly Will See a New Nomenclature of Senators at the Red Chambers When They Are I
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NINTH SENATE 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 Abuja 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 BASSEY ALBERT (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 IFEANYI UBAH (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 - ABDULLAHI ADAMU (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 - YUSUF ABUBAKAR YUSUF (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 Plateau State, Joshua Dariye, because he is currently serving a 14-year jail term. Others are: Gbenga Ashafa (APC, Lagos East), Lanre Tejuoso (APC, Ogun Central), Fatima Raji Rasaki (APC, Ekiti Central), Sola Adeyeye (APC, Osun Central) and Babajide Omoworare (APC, Osun East). Others are: Gilbert Nnaji (PDP, Enugu East), Emmanuel Paulker (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), Abubakar Kyari (APC, Borno North), Buruji Kashamu (PDP, Ogun East), and Kaka Gabbai (APC, Borno Central). Others are: Jonah Jang (PDP, Plateau North), Jeremiah 7 Useni (PDP, Plateau South), David Mark (PDP, Benue South), Philip Gyunka (PDP, Nasarawa North), Sam Anyanwu (PDP, Imo East), Abdulaziz Murtala Nyako (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), Ademola Adeleke (PDP, Osun West), Sonny Ogborji (APC, Ebonyi South), John Enoh (APC, Cross Rivers Central), Gbolahan Dada (APC, Ogun West) and Hope Uzodinma (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 Chimaroke Nnamani for Enugu East senatorial district and the Chairman, Senate Committee on Rule and Business, Baba Kaka Garbai, lost the Borno Central ticket to Governor Kashim Shettima .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 Kwara state, 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 Osun State, 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 Lagos State 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 Ibikunle Amosun and 8 his Chief of Staff, Chief Tolu Odebiyi respectively.