Several senators will exit the 11th National Assembly after failing to secure tickets for the 2027 elections. The federal lawmakers lost due to consensus endorsements, zoning, disqualifications, and other factors. Senators Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, Aminu Tambuwal, Ned Nwoko, and many others will not be part of the National Assembly in 2027.
Senators Bidding Goodbye to the Senate
Some senators will not be returning to the 11th National Assembly after failing to secure the tickets for the 2027 elections. These federal lawmakers will be bidding goodbye to the Senate after the results of the All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries.
As reported by Nigerian Tribune, the senators lost their reelection bid to factors such as consensus endorsement, zoning and rotation, disqualification from the race, withdrawal, and outright loss at the APC primaries.
Key Senators Leaving
- Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola is the consensus Ogun governorship candidate of the APC for 2027. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations will not return to the national assembly.
- Senator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal withdrew from his return bid to the national assembly.
- Senator Gbenga Daniel will be bidding the Senate farewell. Governor Dapo Abiodun will replace Daniel in Ogun-East after emerging as the consensus candidate.
- Senators Abdulafatai Buhari and Sarafadeen Ali are eyeing the Oyo governorship seat, aiming to succeed Governor Seyi Makinde.
- Senator Aliyu Wadada wants to become the Nasarawa state governor and has the backing of Governor Sule Abdullahi.
- Senator Lola Ashiru (Kwara South), Umar Sadiq Suleiman (Kwara-North), and Senator Saliu Mustapha (Kwara-Central) all aim to become the next Kwara state governor.
- Senator Isa Jibrin (Kogi-East), known as Exhocho, lost at the APC primary.
- Senator Danjuma Goje lost his fifth-term bid to represent Gombe-Central at the APC primary to a retired Deputy Commissioner of Police.
- Senator Neda Imaseun (Edo-South) and Senator Ned Nwoko (Delta-North) both lost at the APC primaries.
- Senator Ipalibo Harry Banigo (Rivers-West), Senator Benson Agadaga (Bayelsa-East), and Senator Garba Musa Maidoki (Kebbi-South) were disqualified for not being financial members of the APC.
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