See the Sitting governors who lost their senatorial bid
Former governors currently serving in the National Assembly include Rochas Okorocha (Imo), Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun), Abdulaziz Yari (Zamfara), Kabiru Gaya (Kano), Abdullahi Adamu (Nasarawa), Chimaroke Nnamani (Enugu), Orji Kalu (Abia), Gabriel Suswam (Benue), and Ibrahim Shekarau (Kano).
Governors David Umahi (Ebonyi), Abubakar Bello (Niger), and Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia) all won parliamentary elections on Saturday. Others, such as Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi) and Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto), have yet to see their results announced by the electoral body. Ex-governors who have been elected to the Senate include Adams Oshiomhole (Edo) and Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom).
The following is a list of departing governors who failed in their attempt to be elected to the National Assembly on May 29, 2023:
1. Gov. Ben Ayade
Sen. Jarigbe Agom-Jarigbe, the sitting senator for Cross River North, defeated Gov. Ben Ayade in the race for re-election to the Senate.
Titus Zam of the All Progressives Congress, a former aide of Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom, defeated Ortom in the race for the Benue North-West Senate seat (APC).
2. Governor Ortom
The Returning Officer, Rufus Shaa’ato, announced the results and stated that Mr. Zam received 143,151 votes, defeating Mr. Ortom of the People Democratic Party (PDP), who received 106,882 votes, and Mark Gbillah of the Labour Party (LP), who received 51,950 votes.
3. Abubakar Bagudu
Sen. Adamu Aliero of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been declared the victor of the Kebbi Central Senatorial District election, which took place on February 25.
Aliero defeated Governor Abubakar Bagudu to win the seat, according to INEC Returning Officer Prof. Abbas Yusuf-Bazata, who announced the results on Tuesday in Birnin Kebbi.
According to him, Aliero received 126,588 votes to defeat Bagudu, the incumbent governor of Kebbi and the APC candidate, who received 92,389 votes.
The Returning Officer also stated that Umar Rufa’i of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) received 992 votes, while Abubakar Bello-Tilli of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) received 1,874 votes.
4. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State was defeated in his race for the Senate by Okechukwu Ezea of the Labour Party.
Chukwuemeka Ubaka, the returning officer for the election, announced the results at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) collation center in the Nsukka Local Government Area headquarters on Monday. He stated that Ezea received a total of 104,492 votes, defeating PDP candidate Ugwuanyi, who received 46,948 votes.
He claimed that Ejike Eze, the district’s All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, received 6,816 votes and finished a distant third.
5. Governor Darius Ishaku
Darius Ishaku of Taraba State is another outgoing two-term PDP governor who gave up his bid for the Senate. In the upcoming 10th National Assembly, he was unsuccessful in his bid to represent Taraba South Senatorial District.
David Jimkuta, the district’s All Progressives Congress (APC) rival, defeated the governor with 85,415 votes, while Ishaku received 45,708 votes.
6. Simon Lalong
Beyond party lines, the defeat extends to two APC governors who failed in their bids for the Senate. Simon Lalong, the governor of Plateau State and director general of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, is one of them (PCC).
The former chairman of the Northern Governors’ Forum and a political heavyweight failed in his attempt to win the Plateau South Senatorial District seat.
He was defeated by PDP candidate Bali Ninkap Napoleon, who received 148,844 votes to the governor’s 91,674.