GREEN CHAMBER: 9TH HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

There are expectations for the 9th session of the lower house of the National Assembly called the Green Chamber or THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. They are elected to represent their people in a determined number of people per population.

According to the website of the House of Representatives, 360 people are expected to be elected at the 2019 General Election.

South East South South South West State Seat State Seat State Seat Anambra 11 Rivers 13 24 Imo 10 Akwa Ibom 10 Oyo 14 Abia 8 Delta 10 Ogun 9 Enugu 8 Edo 9 Ondo 9 Ebonyi 6 Cross River 8 Osun 9 Total 43 Balyesa 5 Ekiti 6 Total 55 Total 71

North East North Central North West FCT State Seat State Seat State Seat FCT Seat 12 Benue 11 24 FCT 2 Borno 10 10 16 Total 2 Adamawa 8 Kogi 9 Katsina 15 Gombe 6 Plateau 8 Jigawa 11 Taraba 6 Kwara 6 Sokoto 11 Yobe 6 Nasarawa 5 Kebbi 8 Total 48 Total 49 Zamfara 7 Total 92

Source: INEC.

The election into this house was held on 23rd February along with the Presidential and Senate elections.

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The Cable posted the summary of the results as above. It shows that The All Peoples Congress already have the majority in the House.

INEC posted the list of those victorious in the election.

INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION

2019 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTION 23RD FEBRUARY 2019 LIST OF ELECTED CANDIDATES

STATE SN CONSTITUENCY CANDIDATE GENDE R PARTY REMARKS

ABIA 8 Seats 1 ABA NORTH / ABA SOUTH - SUPPLEMENTARY 2 AROCHUKWU / OHAFIA - NKOLE UKO NDUKWE M PDP 3 BENDE - BENJAMIN OKEZIE KALU M APC 4 IKWUANO / UMUAHIA NORTH / UMUAHIA SOUTH - SAMUEL IFEANYI ONUIGBO M PDP 5 ISIALA NGWA NORTH / SOUTH - DARLINGTON NWOKOCHA M PDP 6 ISUIKWUATO / UMUNEOCHI - NKEIRUKA C. ONYEJEOCHA F APC

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7 OBINGWA / OSISIOMA / UGWUNAGBO - SOLOMON ADAELU M PDP 8 UKWA EAST / UKWA WEST - UZOMA NKEM ABONTA M PDP

ADAMAWA 8 Seats 9 DEMSA / LAMURDE / NUMAN - KWAMOTI BITRUS LAORI M PDP 10 FUFORE / SONG - MUHAMMED MUSTAFA SAIDU M PDP 11 GANYE / JADA / MAYO BELWA / TOUNGO - ABDULRAZAK SA’AD NAMDAS M APC 12 YOLA NORTH / YOLA SOUTH/ GIREI - ABDULRAUF ABDULKADIR MODIBBO M APC 13 GOMBI / HONG - YUSUF BUBA YAKUB M APC 14 GUYUK / SHELLENG - GIBEON GOROKI M PDP 15 MADAGALI / MICHIKA - ZAKARIA DAUDA NYAMPA M PDP 16 MAIHA / MUBI NORTH / MUBI SOUTH - JAAFAR ABUBAKAR MAGAJI M APC

AKWA IBOM 10 Seats. 17 ABAK / ETIM EKPO / IKA - ANIEKAN JOHN UMANAH M PDP 18 EKET / ESIT EKET / IBENO / ONNA - IFON PATRICK NATHAN M PDP 19 IKOT EKPENE / ESSIEN UDIM / OBOT AKARA - IKONG NSIKAK OKON M PDP 20 ETINAN / NSIT IBOM / NSIT UBIUM - ONOFIOK AKPAN LUKE M PDP 21 UYO / URUAN /NSIT ATAI / ASUTAN / IBESIKPO - ENYONG MICHAEL OKON M PDP 22 ITU /IBIONO IBOM - ARCHIBONG HENRY OKON M PDP 23 IKONO / INI - EMMANUEL UKPONG-UDO EFFIONG M PDP 24 IKOT ABASI / MKPAT ENIN/ EASTERN OBOLO - FRANCIS CHARLES UDUYOR M PDP 25 MBO/OKOBO / ORON / UDUNG UKO / URUE OFFONG ORUKO - SUPPLEMENTARY 26 UKANAFUN /ORUK ANAM / UNYIME - JOSIAH IDEM M PDP

ANAMBRA 11 Seats 27 AGUATA M APGA - SUPPLEMENTARY 28 ANAMBRA EAST / ANAMBRA WEST - CHINEDU BENJAMIN OBIDIGWE M APGA 29 AWKA NORTH / AWKA SOUTH - ONWUASO CHINEDU M PDP 30 IDEMILI NORTH / IDEMILI SOUTH - SUPPLEMENTARY 31 IHIALA - IFEANYI CHUDY MOMAH M APGA 32 NJIKOKA/DUNUKOFIA/ANAOCHA - AYIKA VALENTINE OGBONNA M PDP COURT ORDER 33 NNEWI NORTH / NNEWI SOUTH / EKWUSIGO - CHRIS EMEKA AZUBOGU M PDP 34 OGBARU - ONYEMA CHUKWUKA WILFRED M PDP 35 ONITSHA NORTH / ONITSHA SOUTH - LYNDA CHUBA IKPEAZU F PDP 36 ORUMBA NORTH / ORUMBA SOUTH - EZENWANKWO OKWUDILI M APGA 37 OYI / AYAMELUM OFUMELU - VINCENT EKENE M PDP

BAUCHI 12 Seats 38 / - MOHAMMED MUSA PALI M APC 39 BAUCHI - ABDULLAHI YAKUBU SHEHU M PRP

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40 / DASS / TAFAWA BALEWA - M PDP 41 / MANU - SORO MASUR M APC 42 - GARBA GOLOLO MOHAMMED M APC 43 SHIRA/ - ABUBAKAR FAGGO KANI M APC 44 JAMA'ARE /ITAS-GADAU - UBA BASHIR MASHEMA M APC 45 - UMAR ABDULKADIR SARKI M PRP 46 / DAMBAM - MAKAMA MISAU IBRAHIM M APC 47 NINGI / WARJI - ABDULKADIR SA’AD ABDULLAHI M APC 48 TORO - MUDA LAWAL UMAR M APC 49 ZAKI - SUPPLEMENTARY

BAYELSA 5 Seats 50 BRASS / NEMBE - ISRAEL SUNNY GOLI M APC 51 EKEREMOR / SAGBAMA - AGBEDI FREDERICK YEITIEMONE M PDP 52 YENAGOA /KOLOKUMA OPOKUMA - STEPHEN SINIKIEM AZAIKI M PDP 53 OGBIA - OBUA AZIBAPU FRED M PDP 54 SOUTHERN IJAW - PREYE INFLUENCE GOODLUCK OSEKE M APC

BENUE 11 Seats 55 ADO / OGBADIGBO / OKPOKWU - FRANCIS OTTAH AGBO M PDP 56 APA / AGATU - SUPPLEMENTARY 57 BURUKU - KPAM JIMIN SOKPO M PDP 58 GBOKO / TARKA - JOHN DYEGH M APC 59 GUMA / MAKURDI - MZONDU BENJAMIN BEM M PDP 60 GWER EAST / GWER WEST - MARK TERSEER GBILLAH M PDP 61 KATSINA ALA / UKUM / LOGO - IORKYAW RICHARD GBANDE M PDP 62 KONSHISHA / VANDEIKYA - SUPPLEMENTARY 63 KWANDE / USHONGO - TYOUGH ROBERT AONDONA M PDP 64 OJU / OBI - DECLARATION MADE UNDER DURESS 65 OTUKPO / OHIMINI - ONUH ONYECHE BLESSING F APGA

BORNO 10 Seats 66 KUKAWA / MOBBAR/ ABADAM / GUZAMALA - MALLAM BUKAR GANA M APC 67 ASKIRA - UBA / HAWUL - HARUNA MSHELIA M APC 68 BAMA / NGALA / KALA – BALGE - ZAINAB GIMBA F APC 69 BIU / KWAYA - KUSAR / SHANI/ BAYO - MUKTAR BETARA ALIYU M APC 70 DAMBOA / GWOZA CHIBOK /AHMADU - USMAN JAHA M APC 71 DIKWA / MAFA / KONDUGA - IBRAHIM MOHAMMED BUKAR M APC 72 JERE SATOMI - ALHAJI AHMED M APC 73 KAGA / GUBIO / MAGUMERI - USMAN ZANNAH M APC 74 MAIDUGURI METROPOLITAN - ABDULKADIR RAHIS M APC 75 MONGUNO / NGANZAI/ MARTE - MOHAMMED TAHIR MONGUNO M APC

CROSS RIVER 8 Seats 76 YAKURR /ABI - CANDIDATE YET TO BE DETERMINED APC COURT ORDER 77 AKAMKPA / BIASE - DANIEL EFFIONG ASUQUO M PDP

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78 CALABAR SOUTH/ AKPABUYO / BAKASSI - ESSIEN EKPENYONG AYI M PDP 79 OBANLIKU / OBUDU/ BEKWARA - OCHIGLEGOR IDAGBO M PDP 80 IKOM /BOKI - CHRISTOPHER NGORO AGIBE M PDP 81 CALABAR MUNICIPAL / ODUKPANI - ETA MBORA EDIM M PDP 82 OBUBRA /ETUNG - MICHAEL ETABA IROM M PDP 83 OGOJA / YALA JARIGBE - AGOM JARIGBE M PDP

DELTA 10 Seats 84 ANIOCHA NORTH / ANIOCHA SOUTH / OSHIMILI NORTH / NDUDI - GODWIN ELUMELU M PDP 85 BOMADI / PATANI EBOMO - NICHOLAS MUTU M PDP 86 BURUTU - JULIUS GBABOJOR PANDI M PDP 87 ETHIOPE EAST / ETHIOPE WEST - BEN ROLAND IGBAKPA M PDP 88 IKA NORTH EAST / IKA SOUTH - VICTOR ONYEMAECHI NWOKOLO M PDP 89 ISOKO NORTH / ISOKO SOUTH - OGOR LEONARD OKUME M PDP 90 NDOKWA EAST/ NDOKWA WEST / UKWUANI - OSSAI NICHOLAS OSSAI M PDP 91 OKPE / SAPELE / UVWIE OBERUAKPEFE - ANTHONY AFE M PDP 92 UGHELLI NORTH / UGHELLI SOUTH/ UDU - WAIVE EJIROGHENE FRANCIS M APC 93 WARRI NORTH/WARRI SOUTH/WARRI SOUTH WEST - THOMAS EREYITOMI M PDP

EBONYI 6 Seats 94 ABAKALIKI / IZZI - SYLVESTER OGBAGA M PDP 95 AFIKPO NORTH / AFIKPO SOUTH - IGARIWEY IDUMA ENWO M PDP 96 EBONYI / OHAUKWU - CHUKWUMA ALUGBALA NWAZUNKU M PDP 97 EZZA NORTH / ISHIELU - ANAYO EDWIN NWONU M PDP 98 EZZA SOUTH / IKWO - OGBEE LAZARUS NWERU M PDP 99 IVO / OHAOZARA / ONICHA - MAKWE LIVINUS MAKWE M PDP

EDO 9 Seats 100 AKOKO EDO - AKPATASON OHIOZOJEH PETER M APC 101 EGOR / IKPOBA OKHA - JUDE ISE-IDEHEN M PDP 102 ESAN CENTRAL / ESAN WEST / IGUEBEN - JOE EDIONWELE M PDP 103 ESAN NORTH EAST / ESAN SOUTH EAST - SERGIUS OSEASOCHIE OGUN M PDP 104 ETSAKO CENTRAL/ ETSAKO EAST / ETSAKO WEST - JOHNSON EGWAKHIDE OGHUMA M APC 105 OREDO - OGBEIDE-IHAMA OMOREGIE M PDP 106 ORHIONMWON / UHUNMWODE - PATRICK AISOWIEREN M APC 107 OVIA NORTH EAST / OVIA SOUTH WEST - IDAHOSA DENIS M APC 108 OWAN EAST / OWAN WEST - JULIUS IHONVBERE M APC

EKITI 6 Seats 109 ADO EKITI / IREPODUN IFELODUN - FATOBA OLUSOLA STEVE M APC 110 IJERO / EKITI WEST / EFON - OGUNLOLA OMOWUMI OLUBUNMI F APC 111 EKITI SOUTH WEST / IKERE / ISE ORUN - ADARAMODU ADEYEMI RAPHAEL M APC

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112 GBONYIN / EKITI EAST / EMURE - BAMISILE OLUFEMI RICHARD M APC 113 IDO/ OSI/ MOBA/ ILEJEMEJE - OLANREWAJU IBRAHIM KUNLE M APC 114 IKOLE / OYE - OWOLABI PETER M APC

ENUGU 8 Seats 115 ANINRI / AWGU / OJI RIVER - OKECHUKWU TOBY M PDP 116 ENUGU EAST / ISI-UZO - NNAJI PRINCE CORNELIUS NWAEDOZIE M PDP 117 ENUGU NORTH / ENUGU SOUTH - CHUKWUEGBO OFOR GREGORY M PDP 118 EZEAGU / UDI - AMADI DENNIS OGUERINWA M PDP 119 IGBO-ETITI / UZO-UWANI - OKE MARTINS M PDP 120 IGBO-EZE NORTH / UDENU - SIMON CHUKWUEMEKA ATIGWE M PDP 121 NKANU EAST / NKANU WEST - NNAJI NNOLIM JOHN M PDP 122 NSUKKA / IGBO-EZE SOUTH - ASADU PATRICK OZIOKOJA M PDP

GOMBE 6 Seats 123 AKKO - CANDIDATE YET TO BE DETERMINED APC COURT ORDER 124 BALANGA / BILLIRI - MELA VICTOR M APC 125 DUKKU / NAFADA - AISHATU JIBRIL DUKKU F APC 126 GOMBE / KWAMI / FUNAKAYE BAUCHI - YAYA TANGO M APC 127 KALTUNGO / SHONGOM KARU - SIMON ELISHA M APC 128 YAMALTU / DEBA - ABUBAKAR YUNUSA AHMAD M APC

IMO 10 Seats 129 ABO-MBAISE / NGOR OKPALA - BEDE UCHENNA EKE M PDP 130 AHIAZU MBAISE / EZINIHITTE - EMEKA MARTINS CHINEDU M PDP 131 EHIME MBANO / IHITEUBOMA / OBOWO - SUPPLEMENTARY 132 IDEATO NORTH / IDEATO SOUTH - PASCHAL OBI M AA 133 IKEDURU / MBAITOLI NWAWUBA - HENRY NDOCHUKWU M PDP 134 ISIALA MBANO / OKIGWE / ONUIMO - SUPPLEMENTARY 135 ISU/NJABA / NKWERE / NWANGELE - UGONNA OZURIGBO M APC 136 OGUTA / OHAJI-EGBEMA / ORU WEST - KINGSLEY C. UJU M AA 137 ORU EAST / ORSU / ORLU - JERRY ALAGBAOSO M PDP 138 OWERRI MUNICIPAL / OWERRI NORTH / OWERRI WEST - ELEZIEANYA IKENNA ONYECHERE M PDP

JIGAWA 11 Seats 139 / GARKI - ADAMU MUHAMMADU FAGENGAWO M APC 140 / BUJI DA’U - ALIYU MAGAJI M APC 141 BIRNIWA / GURI / - FULATA ABUBAKAR HASSAN M APC 142 / ABDULLAHI IBRAHIM DUTSE M APC 143 / SULE/ / TANKARKAR - SANI NAZIFI M APC 144 KILA - HASSAN YUGUDA M APC 145 /RONI/ / KAZAURE MUHAMMAD GUDAJI M APC 146 / / - IBRAHIM USMAN AUYO M APC 147 / MIGA - YUSUF SAIDU MIGA M APC 148 MALLAM MADORI / - ABUBAKAR MAKKI YALLEMAN M APC

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149 / TAURA - SANI ADO KIRI M APC

KADUNA 16 Seats 150 BIRNIN GWARI / GIWA - SHEHU BALARABE M APC 151 CHIKUN / KAJURU - UMAR BARDE YAKUBU M PDP 152 IGABI - CANDIDATE YET TO BE DETERMINED APC COURT ORDER 153 IKARA / KUBAU - HAMISU IBRAHIM M APC 154 JABA / ZANGON KATAF - MAGAJI AMOS GWAMNA M PDP 155 JEMA'A / SANGA - GARBA SHEHU NICHOLAS M PDP 156 KACHIA / KAGARKO - SUPPLEMENTARY 157 KADUNA NORTH - SULEIMAN SAMAILA M APC 158 KADUNA SOUTH - AHMED MUKTAR M APC 159 KAURA GWANI - GIDEON LUCAS M PDP 160 KAURU CHAWAI - ZAKARI MUKHTAR M APC 161 LERE - CANDIDATE YET TO BE DETERMINED APC COURT ORDER 162 MAKARFI / KUDAN - LADAN MUKHTAR SHEHU M APC 163 SABON GARI - MOHAMMAD GARBA DATTI M APC 164 SOBA - HAMZA IBRAHIM M APC 165 - TAJUDEEN ABBAS M APC

KANO 24 Seats 166 ALABSU / GAYA / - GAYA ABDULLAHI MAHMUD M APC 167 / KIRU - ABDULMUMIN JIBRIN M APC 168 - ABUBAKAR KABIR ABUBAKAR M APC 169 DALA - ABDALLAH BABANGIDA ALASAN M APC 170 / - AYUBA BADAMASI M APC 171 / TOFA / - JOBE TIJJANI ABDULKADIR M APC 172 DAWAKIN-KUDU / DAWAKI - MUSTAPHA BALA M APC 173 / - GARBA AL-HASSAN ADO M APC 174 - SULEIMAN AMINU M APC 175 / - NASIRU ABDUWA GABASAWA M APC 176 KEN-KEN - LAWAN ABDULLAHI M APC 177 / KABO GARO - MUSA UMAR M APC 178 - SHA’ABAN IBRAHIM SHARADA M APC COURT ORDER 179 / DEDERI - HARUNA ISA M APC 180 DAN AGUNDI - MUNIR BABBA M APC 181 KURA / / GARUN - MALLAM IDRIS KABIRU M APC 182 / NASS - SANI MA’ARUF M APC 183 NASSARAWA - AHMED NASSIR ALI M APC 184 / / RURUM - KABIRU ALHASSAN USMAN M APC 185 / - BADAU YUSUF AHMAD M APC 186 / KAWU - SULEIMAN ABDURRAHAMAN M APC 187 - IBAHIM MUHAMMAD HAFIZ KAWU M APC 188 / KUNCHI - BALA SANI UMAR M APC 189 / GARKO - ALI WUDIL MUHAMMAD M APC

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KATSINA 15 Seats 190 BAKORI / DANJA - AMIRUDDIN TUKUR M APC 191 BATAGARAWA/ CHARANCHI / RIMI - HAMZA DALHATU BATAGARAWA M APC 192 BATSARI / SAFANA / DANMUSA - AHMED DAYYABU SAFANA M APC 193 BINDAWA / MANI - AMINU ASHIRU MANI M APC 194 / SANDAMU / MAI'ADUA - FATUHU MUHAMMED M APC 195 DUTSIN-MA / KURFI - ABDULKADIR ARMAYA’U M APC 196 FASKARI / KANKARA / SABUWA - MURTALA ISAH KANKARA M APC 197 FUNTUA / DANDUME DANDUTSE - MUNTARI MOHAMMED M APC 198 INGAWA / KANKIA / KUSADA - ABUBAKAR YAHAYA KUSADA M APC 199 JIBIA / KAITA - SADA SOLI M APC 200 KATSINA - SALISU IRO ISANSI M APC 201 MALUMFASHI / KAFUR - BABANGIDA IBRAHIM M APC 202 MASHI / DUTSI MANSIR - ALIYU MASHI M APC 203 MATAZU / MUSAWA - AHMED USMAN LIMAN M APC 204 ZANGO / BAURE - NASIRU SANI ZANGON DAURA M APC

KEBBI 8 Seats 205 ALEIRO / GWANDU / JEGA - JEGA MUHAMMAD UMAR M APC 206 AREWA / DANDI - SULEIMAN KANGIWA HUSSAINI M APC 207 ARGUNGU / AUGIE - BASHER ISAH M APC 208 BAGUDO / SURU - BELLO A. KAOJE M APC 209 BUNZA / BIRNIN KEBBI / KALGO - MUHAMMAD YAKUBU BELLO M APC 210 FAKAI / SAKABA / WASAGU DANKO / ZURU TUKURA - KABIR IBRAHIM M APC 211 KOKO BESSE / MAIYAMA - MOHAMMED SHEHU M APC 212 NGASKI / SHANGA / YAURI - YUSUF TANKO SUNUNU M APC

KOGI 9 Seats 213 ADAVI / OKEHI - BELLO JOSEPH ASUKU M APC 214 AJAOKUTA - IDIRISU LAWAL MUHAMMADU M APC 215 OKENE / OGORI – MAGOGO - YUSUF AHMED TIJANI M APC 216 ANKPA / OMALA / OLAMABORO - ALI ABDULLAHI IBRAHIM M APC 217 BASSA/DEKINA - SUPPLEMENTARY 218 IDAH / IGALAMELA ODULU / IBAJI / OFU - ZACHARIAS DAVID IDRIS M APC 219 IJUMU / KABBA BUNU - YUSUF TAJUDEEN AYO M PDP 220 LOKOJA / KOGI K.K. - ISAH ABDULKAREEM USMAN M APC 221 YAGBA EAST / YAGBA WEST / MOPA MURO - LEKE JOSEPH ABEJIDE M ADC

KWARA 6 Seats 222 BARUTEN / KAIAMA - MOHAMMED OMAR BIO M APC 223 EDU / PATIGI / MORO- AHMED ABUBAKAR NDAKENE M APC 224 EKITI/ISIN/IREPODUN/OKE-ERO - OLAWUYI ABDULRAHEEM OLATUNJI M APC 225 IFELODUN / OFFA / OYUN - TIJANI KAYODE ISMAIL M APC 226 ILORIN EAST / ILORIN SOUTH - OLADODO ABDULGANIYU SAKA COOK M APC 227 ILORIN WEST / ASA ALAJAGUSI - ABDULYEKEEN SADIQ M APC

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LAGOS 24 Seats 228 ETI-OSA - SUPPLEMENTARY 229 APAPA - EGBERONGBE MUFUTAU ADEWALE M APC 230 LAGOS ISLAND I - ENITAN DOLAPO BADRU M APC 231 LAGOS ISLAND II - AKIOLU MOSHOOD KAYODE M APC 232 LAGOS MAINLAND - JIMOH ABDULRAHEEM OLAJIDE M APC 233 I - M APC 234 SURULERE II - OLATUNJI ABIOLA SHOYINKA M PDP 235 EPE - TASIR RAJI OLAWALE M APC 236 IBEJU LEKKI - BALOGUN ADEBAYO OLUSEGUN M APC 237 IKORODU - BENSON BABAJIMI ADEGOKE M APC 238 SHOMOLU - SUPPLEMENTARY 239 KOSOFE - AGUNSOYE OLUWAROTIMI OJO M APC 240 AGEGE - ADEJARE SAMUEL BABATUNDE M APC 241 IFAKO/IJAIYE - OWOLABI ADISA JAMES M APC 242 ALIMOSHO - OLUFEMI BANDELE ADEBANJO M APC 243 BADAGRY - HUMPE ADANDE BABATUNDE M APC 244 IKEJA - JAMES ABIODUN FALEKE M APC 245 MUSHIN I - ALLI ADEYEMI TAOFEEK M APC 246 MUSHIN II - BOLAJI YUSUF AYINLA M APC 247 OJO - SUPPLEMENTARY 248 AMUWO-ODOFIN AJOKPA - OGHENE EMMANUEL EGOH M PDP 249 AJEROMI / IFELODUN - SUPPLEMENTARY 250 OSHODI / ISOLO I - SUPPLEMENTARY 251 OSHODI / ISOLO II - SUPPLEMENTARY

NASARAWA 5 Seats 252 AKWANGA / NASSARAWA EGGON / WAMBA - ABDULKARIM USMAN M PDP 253 AWE / DOMA / KEANA - ABUBAKAR HASSAN NALARABA M APC 254 KEFFI / KARU / KOKONA - GAZA JONATHAN GBEFWI M PDP 255 LAFIA / OBI - ABUBAKAR SARKI DAHIRU M APC 256 NASSARAWA / TOTO - ABDULMUMIN MOHAMMED ARI M APC

NIGER 10 Seats 257 / - MAMUDU ABDULLAHI M APC 258 / - MOHAMMED JAFARU M APC 259 / GBAKO / KATCHA - ABDULLAHI SAIDU MUSA M APC 260 BOOSO / - BARWA SHEHU BEJI M APC 261 - MOHAMMED UMARU BAGO M APC 262 GURARA / / - CANDIDATE YET TO BE DETERMINED APC COURT ORDER 263 / / MARIGA / - CANDIDATE YET TO BE DETERMINED APC COURT ORDER 264 / / - USMAN ABDULLAHI M APC 265 MAGAMA / - CANDIDATE YET TO BE DETERMINED APC COURT ORDER 266 / RAFI / MUNYA - UMAR SAIDU DOKA M APC

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OGUN 9 Seats 267 ABEOKUTA NORTH\OBAFEMI OWODE \ ODEDA - OLUMIDE BABATUNDE OSOBA M APC 268 ABEOKUTA SOUTH - EDUN OLANREWAJU OLADAPO M APC 269 ADO-ODO/ OTA - OJUGBELE JIMOH OLUSOLA M APC 270 EGBADO NORTH / IMEKOAFON - JIMOH OLAIFA AREMU M ADC 271 EGBADO SOUTH / IPOKIA - KOLAWOLE LAWAL M APM 272 IFO \ EWEKORO - IBRAHIM AYOKUNLE ISIAKA M APC 273 IJEBU NORTH / IJEBU EAST / OGUN WATERSIDE - ADEKOYA ADESEGUN ABDULMAJEED M PDP 274 IJEBU ODE / ODOGBOLU / IJEBU NORTH EAST - OSUNSANYA KOLAPO KOREDE M APC 275 IKENNE/SHAGAMU/REMO NORTH - ONANUGA ADEWUNMI ORIYOMI F APC

ONDO 9 Seats 276 AKOKO NORTH EAST / AKOKO NORTH WEST - OLUBUNMI TUNJI-OJO M APC 277 AKOKO SOUTH EAST / AKOKO SOUTH WEST- ADEJORO ADEOGUN M APC 278 AKURE NORTH / AKURE SOUTH - OMOLAFE ISAAC ADEBAYO M PDP 279 ESE-ODO / ILAJE - AKINJO VICTOR KOLADE M PDP 280 IDANRE / IFEDORE - TAJUDEEN ADEYEMI ADEFISOYE M SDP 281 ILEOLUJI /OKEIGBO / ODIGBO - AKINFOLARIN MAYOWA SAMUEL M APC 282 IRELE/ - IKENGBOLU GBOLUGA DELE M PDP 283 ONDO EAST / ONDO WEST - PETER ABIOLA MAKINDE M ADC 284 OWO/OSE - ADELEGBE OLUWATIMEHIN E. M APC

OSUN 9 Seats 285 ATAKUMOSA EAST/ATAKUMOSA WEST/ILESA EAST/ILESA WEST - LAWRENCE BABATUNDE AYENI M APC 286 AYEDAADE / IREWOLE / ISOKAN - TAIWO OLUKEMI OLUGA F APC 287 AYEDIRE / IWO / OLAOLUWA - AMOBI YINUSA AKINTOLA M APC 288 BOLUWADURO / IFEDAYO / ILA - OLUFEMI FAKEYE M APC 289 EDE NORTH / EDE SOUTH / EGBEDORE / EJIGBO - SALAM BAMIDELE M PDP 290 IFE CENTRAL / IFE NORTH / IFE SOUTH / IFE EAST - AJILESORO ABIMBOLA TAOFEEK M PDP 291 IREPODUN / OROLU / OLORUNDA / OSOGBO - OYEWO OLUBUKOLA OYEGBILE M APC 292 OBOKUN / ORIADE - OKE OLUWOLE BUSAYO M PDP 293 ODO-OTIN / IFELODUN / BORIPE - AFOLABI RASHEED OLALEKAN M APC

OYO 14 Seats 294 AFIJIO / OYO EAST / OYO WEST / ATIBA - ADEYEMI AKEEM ADENIYI M APC 295 AKINYELE/LAGELU - AKINTOLA OLUOKUN GEORGE M APC 296 EGBEDA / ONA-ARA - AKINOLA ADEKUNLE ALABI M APC 297 NORTH - OLAIDE ADEWALE AKINREMI M APC

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298 IBADAN NORTH EAST / IBADAN SOUTH EAST - ABASS ADIGUN ADEKUNLE M PDP 299 IBADAN SOUTH WEST / IBADAN NORTH WEST - OLAJIDE A. STANLEY M PDP 300 IBARAPA CENTRAL / IBARAPA NORTH - SUPPLEMENTARY 301 IBARAPA EAST / IDO - OLUYEMI ADEWALE TAIWO M PDP 302 IREPO / ORELOPE / OLORUNSOGO - OJERINDE OLUMIDE ABIODUN M APC 303 ISEYIN / ITESIWAJU / KAJOLA / IWAJOWA - SHINA ABIOLA PELLER M APC 304 OGBOMOSO NORTH / OGBOMOSHO SOUTH / ORIRE - AJAO JACOB ADEJUMO M ADP 305 OGO-OLUWA / SURULERE - ODEBUNMI OLUSEGUN M APC 306 OLUYOLE - TOLULOPE TIWALOLA AKANDE-SADIPE F APC 307 SAKI EAST / SAKI WEST / ATISBO - OLATUBOSUN OLAJIDE BOLADALE M APC

PLATEAU 8 Seats 308 BARKIN LADI / RIYOM - SIMON DAVOU MWADKWON M PDP 309 BOKKOS / MANGU - SOLOMON MAREN BULUS M PDP 310 JOS NORTH / BASSA - SUPPLEMENTARY 311 JOS SOUTH / JOS EAST - DACHUNG MUSA BAGOS M PDP 312 KANKE / PANKSHIN /KANAM - YUSUF ADAMU GAGDI M APC 313 LANGTANG NORTH / LANGTANG SOUTH - BENI BUTMAK LAR F PDP 314 MIKANG / QUA-ANPAN / SHEDAM - LONGGAP KOMSOL ALPHONSUS M APC 315 WASE - AHMED IDRIS M APC

RIVERS 13 Seats 316 ABUA ODUAL / AHOADA EAST - SOLOMON BOB M PDP 317 AHOADA WEST / OGBA EGBEMA NDONI - SUPPLEMENTARY 318 AKUKU TORU / ASARI TORU - SUPPLEMENTARY 319 ANDONI / OPOBO NKORO - AWAJI-INOMBEK ABIANTE DAGOMIE M PDP 320 BONNY / DEGEMA - SUPPLEMENTARY 321 ELEME / OYIGBO / TAI - CHISOM PROMISE DIKE M PDP 322 EMOHUA / IKWERRE - SUPPLEMENTARY 323 ETCHE / OMUMA - EPHRAIM NWUZI M PDP 324 GOKANA / KHANA - DUMNAMENE ROBISON DEKOR M PDP 325 OBIO AKPOR - CHIDA KINGSLEY OGUNDU M PDP 326 OKRIKA / OGU BOLO - SUPPLEMENTARY 327 PORT HARCOURT I - KENNETH ANAYO CHIKERE M PDP 328 PORT HARCOURT II - IGWE CHINYERE EMMANUEL M PDP

SOKOTO 11 Seats 329 / - MANI MAISHINKO M PDP 330 / DANGE - SHUNI / - SUPPLEMENTARY 331 /GADA - MUSA SARKIN ADAR M APC 332 / - YUSUF ISAH KURDULA M APC 333 ILLELA/ GWADABAWA - BALARABE SALAME ABDULLAHI M APC 334 ISA / SABON BIRNIN - MOHAMMED SAIDU BARGAJA M PDP

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335 / - KOKANI BALA M APC 336 / WAMAKKO - AHMAD ABDULLAHI KALAMBAINA M APC 337 / - ALIYU IBRAHIM ALMUSTAPHA M APC 338 YABO/ SHAGARI - UMARU ABUBAKAR YABO M APC 339 / ABUBAKAR III - HASSAN BALA M APC

TARABA 6 Seats 340 KARIM LAMIDO LAU /ARDO - KOLA - DANLADI BAIDU TIJO M PDP 341 BALI / GASSOL HAMMAN-JULDE GARBA CHEDE M APC 342 TAKUM/ DONGA / USSA RIMAMNDE - SHAWULU KWEWUM M PDP 343 SARDAUNA / KURMI / GASHAKA - DAVID FUOH ABEL M PDP 344 IBI / WUKARI - USMAN DANJUMA SHIDDI M APGA 345 JALINGO / YORRO / ZING - IBRAHIM AMINU MALLE M APC

YOBE 6 Seats 346 BADE / JAKUSKO - ZAKARIYA’U MOHAMMED GALADIMA M APC 347 BURSARI / GEIDAM / YUNUSARI - LAWAN SHETTIMA ALI M APC 348 DAMATURU / GUJBA / GULANI / TARMUWA - KHADIJA BUKAR ABBA IBRAHIM F APC 349 FIKA / FUNE - ABUBAKAR YERIMA IDIRIS M APC 350 MACHINA / NGURU / YUSUFARI /KARASUWA - TIJJANI ZANNAH ZAKARIYA M APC 351 NANGERE / POTISKUM - IBRAHIM UMAR POTISKUM M APC

ZAMFARA 7 Seats 352 ANKA / TALATA MAFARA - AHMAD SHARO ANKA M APC 353 BAKURA / MARADUN - MUHAMMAD MUTTAKA RINI M APC 354 BUNGUDU / MARU - ZUBAIRU ABDULMALIK M APC 355 GUMMI / BUKKUYUM - UMARU JIBO M APC 356 GUSAU / TSAFE RIKIJI - SANUSI GARBA M APC 357 KAURA - NAMODA / BIRNIN MAGAJI - MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM BIRNINMAGAJI M APC 358 SHINKAFI / ZURMI - HUSAINI ABUBAKAR MORIKI M APC

FCT 2 Seats 359 AMAC/BWARI - JIBA YOHANNA MICAH M PDP 360 KUJE/ABAJI/ GWAGWALADA/ KWALI - HASSAN SOKODABO USMAN M PDP

The outgoing 8th Assembly met after the 2019 elections under their Speaker, Yakubu Dogara and among other things lamented the death of one of them, Temitope Olaoye Sugar representing who was shot in the head by gunmen at Lalupon via Ibadan on the March 9 election meant for Gubernatorial and State House of Assembly elections. Controversies and allegations trailed the death of Sugar.

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Already, there are scheming over the new leadership of the 9th House of Representatives. Here is a report by Leadership Newspapers. The All Progressive Congress (APC) Caucus in the House of Representatives has said that the choice of who becomes speaker of the 9th House of Representatives will be determined by the leadership of the party. This is as it condemned the violence especially killings during the just concluded general elections. The leader of the caucus, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, stated this while fielding questions during a press briefing on the elections. Gbajabiamila who noted that issues’ concerning the leadership of the 9th Assembly was least amongst the concerns of the caucus at the moment, added that, at the appropriate time, party supremacy will determine that. He said, “Well, we are yet to get to that stage, and very important too that we know the place of our party in the scheme of things. But let me say that it’s going to be purely a party thing. It’s an international best practice that when a party wins majority seats in the Parliament, it sits down to fashion out ways of distributing leadership responsibilities among members in the parliament. “So when we get to the point of choosing our leaders, the concept of party supremacy must come to play. So it’s the party’s responsibility to tell us which direction to go”, he said. Speaker Dogara who defected from APC to PDP said he was least interested in the leadership of the Green Chamber. He may not be qualified as APC holds the Majority in the House but is a peculiar country where anything can happen like how the leadership of both the Red and Green Chambers were elected in the last dispensation. The issue of zoning within the APC will be a decider if Party supremacy will prevail as Gbajabiamila has spoken. So it may be difficult to speculate who are likely leaders of the Green Chamber but those regarded as senior members who have been there before have better chances.

*Written by Rev. Eniola Joseph Olatunji, HND Mass Communication (Ogun Poly); Master of Communications Arts MCA (University of Ibadan); 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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