Sturdy indication has emerged that the eleventh Senate just like the earlier ones earlier than it can endure excessive turnover of members who wouldn’t return into the purple chamber after the Presidential and Nationwide Meeting Election slated for January 16 , 2027 by the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee ( INEC) .
Signaling the excessive turnover even earlier than graduation of social gathering primaries fastened for April 23 to Could 30, 2026 by INEC are 13 out of the 106 serving senators which have opted to go for governorship tickets of their events.
The 13 out of the 106 serving senators which have opted out of return race into the Senate in 2027 however going for that of governorship seats of their numerous states are the three senators from Kwara state particularly: Saliu Mustapha (Central), Suleiman Umar Sadiq (North) and Lola Ashiru (South ).
Others are Senators Solomon Olamilekan Adeola ( Ogun West) rooting for Ogun state governorship seat, Adetokunbo Abiru (Lagos East) eyeing the primary seat in Lagos state and former President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan (Yobe North) rooting for the governorship seat of Yobe state.
Additionally rooting for governorship seats of their states are: Senators Tahir Monguno and Kaka Shehu Lawan in Borno state, Senators Sarafadeen Alli and Abdulfatah Buhari in Oyo state.
Senator Aliyu Wadada Ahmed from Nasarawa West can be eyeing the governorship seat of Nasarawa state simply as Senator Buba Umar Shehu (Bauchi South ) is nursing governorship ambition.
Apart the 13 senators which have opted out of return race into the Senate attributable to larger political ambition, Senator Jimoh Ibrahim (Ondo South), has additionally achieved so , along with his appointment as Everlasting Consultant to the United Nations by President Bola Tinubu, making the checklist of serving senators already out to return bids into the Senate in 2027 to be 14 earlier than conduct of major election by the varied political events .
Many of the remaining occupiers of the 92 out of the prevailing 106 seats within the Senate are prone to fail in securing return tickets because the ruling social gathering (APC) they defected to just isn’t shopping for into automated ticket they requested for.
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