Ninth National Assembly to get 15 ex-govs as senators | Nairalaw

No fewer than 15 ex-governors will be in the ninth Senate, which
will commence in June.

Some of the senators-elect are incumbent governors, while others
are former governors.

Based on the results of Saturday’s senatorial election released
across the country, they include two ex-governors of Abia State,
Orji Kalu (Abia North) and his successor, Theodore Orji (Abia
Central).

In Borno State, the incumbent Governor, Kashim Shettima, has won
the senatorial poll for the state’s central district.

In the Ebonyi North, a former governor, Sam Egwu was re-elected
to represent the area. Also re-elected was the ex-Governor of Gombe
State, Senator Danjuma Goje (Gombe Central).

The incumbent Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, also
emerged as the senator-elect for the Imo West amidst
controversies.

The Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosu, who represented the
Ogun Central District between 2003 and 2007, won the senatorial
poll in the district on Saturday.

A former senator and ex-Governor of Enugu State, Chimaroke
Nnamani, is also returning to the Senate, where he represented
Enugu East between 2007 and 2011.

Also, an-Governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau, will be
representing the state’s central district.

The current Governor of Nasarawa State, Tanko Makura, is also
heading for the Senate to represent the Nasarawa South.

One of his predecessors, Adamu Abdullahi, secured the third term
to represent the Nasarawa West in the Senate.

Another ex-Governor, Aliyu Wamakko, will also return to the
Senate for another term to represent the Sokoton North.

Among the senators-elect is the incumbent Governor of Yobe
State, Ibrahim Geidam, who won the poll to represent Yobe East.

The Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and Governor of
Zamfara State, Abdul’Aziz Yari, also clinched the senatorial seat
for Zamfara West.

A former Governor of Kebbi Statel, Adamu Aliero, has also won a
third term in the Senate, where he is representing the Kebbi
Central District.

Two current governors, Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo) and Ibrahim
Dankawmbo (Gombe) lost last Saturday’s senatorial election as they
were defeated by the PDP candidates

APC wins 62 senatorial seats, PDP 35

Meanwhile, the All Progressives Congress has won no fewer than
62 senatorial seats out of 98results of last Saturday’s senatorial
elections.

The results, which were officially released by the Independent
National Electoral Commission in the senatorial districts, showed
that the opposition Peoples Democratic Party had won 35 seats in
the ninth Senate.

The Young Progressive Party won a seat in Anambra
State.

In the South-West, out of the 17 results released so far, the
APC had won 14 seats, while the PDP clinched three. The commission
has yet to release the result of the Ondo South election, which was
declared inconclusive.

The APC clinched all the senatorial seats in Ogun, Lagos and
Ekiti, and lost a seat each in Osun, Oyo and Ondo states.

In the North-West, INEC has released the results of all the 21
senatorial districts in the zone where the APC won 20 seats, while
the PDP secured one.

The ruling party won the seats in Sokoto, Zamfara, Kebbi, Kano,
Jigawa and Katsina, but lost the Kaduna South seat to the PDP.

In the North-East, the APC swept all the senatorial seats in
Gombe, Bauchi, Yobe and Borno states. In Adamawa State, it won one
seat.

The PDP secured the two senatorial seats in Adamawa and the two
results declared in Taraba State.

In the North-Central, the PDP won all the 12 senatorial seats in
Benue, Nasarawa, Niger and Kwara and lost a seat to the APC in
Kogi.

The South-South PDP clinched the senatorial seats in Cross
River, Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa. The APC won one seat each in Delta
and Edo states.

Except in Abia and Imo states where it won a seat each, the APC
was defeated in other states in the South-East. The PDP clinched
all the senatorial seats in Enugu and Ebonyi,

Among the senators-elect, those who are going to the upper
chamber of the National Assembly for the first time are Ifeanyi Uba
(Anambra South) of the Young Progresives Party; Bayo Osinowo (Lagos
East) of the APC; Uba Sani (Kadunyia North, APC); Tolu Odebiyi
(Ogun West); and Dayo Adeyeye (Ekiti South).

Imo PDP wins four House of Reps seat

In a related development, the PDP has won four out of the seven
results of the House of representatives elections conducted in Imo
State last Saturday.

The Action Alliance clinched two seats in the House of
Representatives, while the APC won one.

While the PDP won all the four seats in Imo East, the AA secured
two seats in Imo West, while the APC got one.

INEC had yet to release the results of the three remaining
federal constituencies. The state has ten federal
constituencies.

According to INEC, two serving members of the House of
Representatives retained their seats. They are Henry Nwawuba of
Ikeduru/Mbaitoli constituency and Bede Eke of Ngor Okpala/Aboh
Mbaise constituency.

Ikenna Elezieanya(of the PDP) won the Owerri constituency seat,
while Emeka Chimezie( of thePDP) was declared the winner of
Ezinihitte Mbaise/Ahiazu Mbaise federal constituency poll.

Kingsley Uju of the Action Alliance was declared the winner of
the Ohaji Egbema/Oguta/Oru West federal constituency poll and
Pascal Obi won the Ideato North and Ideato South Federal
constituency election.

The Deputy Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Ugonna
Ozuruigbo of the APC won the election conduced in
Nwangele/Nkwerre/Isu/Njaba federal constituency.

While INEC declared the election in the Okigwe South
Constituency inconclusive because of electoral fraud, the
commission had yet to make any official statement about the outcome
of the elections in Okigwe North and Orlu/Orsu/Oru East
constituencies.