14 Ex-Governors, Governors Battling For APC Senate Seats

As the deadline for submission of candidate lists to the Independent National Electoral Commission , ( INEC) has expired, the All Progressives Congress, (APC),  submitted the following governors and ex-governors for seats in the Senate.

 Orji Uzor Kalu

The Majority Whip is seeking re-election to the Senate. He served as Governor of Abia State from 1999-2007. He was

Godswill Akpabio,

He was the former Governor of Akwa-Ibom State from 2007-2015 was in the 8th Assembly. He lost his re-election bid but was compensated with a Ministerial slot, a position he resigned from to contest for the Presidential ticket of the APC.

Kashim Shettima,

The former Governor of Borno State (2011-2019) is also seeking re-election to the Senate.

Adams Oshiomhole,

the former Governor of Edo State is seeking election as a first timer to represent Edo North senatorial district.

. Danjuma Goje,

Goje served as Gombe State governor from 2003 to 2011. He was first elected to the Senate in 2011 and re-elected in 2015 and 2019.

Kabiru Gaya

Gaya served as Governor of Kano State in the third republic from 1992 to 1993.  He has been in the Senate since 2007 and has gotten the nod to recontest Kano South Senatorial District.

Tanko Almakura

He served  as the governor of Nasarawa State from 2011-2015. He moved to the Senate in 2015 after his tenure as governor.

In March, Mr Almakura sought to transition to party administration when he contested the position of National Chairman of the APC. He, however, stepped down for AbdullahiAdamu.

Gbenga Daniel

Daniel served as governor of Ogun State from 2003-2011.

Aliyu Wamako

The former Governor of Sokoto State also got a nod to re-contest Sokoto North senatorial district. He was governor from 2007-2015.

David Umahi,

The governor of Ebonyi State contested the APC presidential election. However, he lost to the eventual winner.

Sani Bello

Bello is presently the governor of Niger State who will also be completing his tenure by 2023. Like some of his colleagues, his eyes are set on the Red Chamber.

He is seeking to represent Niger North in the upper chamber.

Abubakar Bagudu

Bagudu will be rounding off his second term next year, and he is seeking to be at the Red Chamber by representing Kebbi Central.

Abdulaziz Yari,

 The former Governor of Zamfara State, won the 2019 election to take a seat in the Senate on the platform of the APC. However, a court decision disqualified all APC candidates in the election.  For the past four years, he has been engaging in a supremacy battle with his successor, Bello Matawella.  However, Yari got the senatorial ticket as part of the political compromise between himself and the governor.

Ibrahim Geidam

The former governor of Yobe State also got the nod of the APC to recon test Yobe East senatorial district. He was governor from 2011 to 2019.

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