Ahead of the 2023 general elections, former and incumbent governors are already positioning themselves to emerge the president of the 10th Senate.
No fewer than 28 serving and former governors in the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are in the senatorial race for their constituencies.
While the North has 18 serving and former governors competing for the seat, the south has 11 serving and former governors.
The former and serving governors contesting in the 2023 Senatorial election are: Adams Oshiomhole (Edo), Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto), Abdulaziz Yari (Zamfara), Kabiru Gaya (Kano), Abubakar Bagudu (Kebbi), Chimaroke Nnamani (Enugu), Tanko Al-makura (Nasarawa), Danjuma Goje (Gombe), Simon Lalong (Plateau), Gbenga Daniel (Ogun), Sani Bello (Niger), Samuel Ortom (Benue) and Theodore Orji (Abia).
Others are: Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu), Darius Ishaku (Taraba), Ibrahim Gaidam (Yobe), Seriake Dickson (Bayelsa), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), Saminu Turaki (Jigawa), Gabriel Suswan (Benue), Ibrahim Shekarau (Kano), Dave Umahi (Ebonyi), Adamu Aliero (Kebbi), Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto), Sam Egwu (Ebonyi), Ibrahim Dankwambo (Gombe), Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom) and Orji Kalu (Abia).
There are 109 senators in the Nigerian Senate, including the Senate President.
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, former and incumbent governors are already positioning themselves to emerge the president of the 10th Senate.
No fewer than 28 serving and former governors in the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are in the senatorial race for their constituencies.
While the North has 18 serving and former governors competing for the seat, the south has 11 serving and former governors.
The former and serving governors contesting in the 2023 Senatorial election are: Adams Oshiomhole (Edo), Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto), Abdulaziz Yari (Zamfara), Kabiru Gaya (Kano), Abubakar Bagudu (Kebbi), Chimaroke Nnamani (Enugu), Tanko Al-makura (Nasarawa), Danjuma Goje (Gombe), Simon Lalong (Plateau), Gbenga Daniel (Ogun), Sani Bello (Niger), Samuel Ortom (Benue) and Theodore Orji (Abia).
Others are: Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu), Darius Ishaku (Taraba), Ibrahim Gaidam (Yobe), Seriake Dickson (Bayelsa), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), Saminu Turaki (Jigawa), Gabriel Suswan (Benue), Ibrahim Shekarau (Kano), Dave Umahi (Ebonyi), Adamu Aliero (Kebbi), Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto), Sam Egwu (Ebonyi), Ibrahim Dankwambo (Gombe), Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom) and Orji Kalu (Abia).
There are 109 senators in the Nigerian Senate, including the Senate President.
