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2023 Nigerian Senate elections in Kwara State
← 2019 25 February 2023 2027 →
All 3 Kwara State seats in the Senate of Nigeria
  Majority party
 
Party APC
Last election 3
Seats before 3
File:2023 Kwara Senate pre-election situation.png
     APC incumbent retiring or lost renomination
     APC incumbent running for re-election

The 2023 Nigerian Senate elections in Kwara State was held on 25 February 2023, to elect the 3 federal Senators from Kwara State, one from each of the state's three senatorial districts. The elections coincided with the 2023 presidential election, as well as other elections to the Senate and elections to the House of Representatives; with state elections being held two weeks later. Primaries were held between 4 April and 9 June 2022.

Background

In the previous Senate elections, none of the three incumbent senators returned, Mohammed Shaaba Lafiagi (PDP-North) retired from the Senate while both Bukola Saraki (PDP-Central) and Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim (PDP-South) lost re-election. In the North district, Suleiman Sadiq Umar (APC) gained the seat for the APC with 74% while Saraki lost in the Central district to Ibrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe, who obtained 63% of the vote; similarly, Ibrahim was unseated by Lola Ashiru, who got 66%. These results were a part of the APC-led Ó Tó Gẹ́ movement against the Saraki dynasty as every House of Representatives seat was won by the APC. The party won a majority in the state House of Assembly, and Buhari won the state in the presidential election by a wide margin.

Overview

Affiliation Party Total
APC
Previous Election 3 3
Before Election 3 3
After Election 3 3

Summary

This table is an excerpt from 2023 Nigerian Senate election § Kwara State.[edit]
District Incumbent Results
Incumbent Party Status Candidates
Kwara Central Ibrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe APC Incumbent lost renomination
New member elected
APC hold
Kwara North Suleiman Sadiq Umar APC Incumbent re-elected
Kwara South Lola Ashiru APC Incumbent re-elected

Kwara Central

2023 Kwara Central Senatorial District election
← 2019 25 February 2023 2027 →
 
Nominee Saliu Mustapha Bolaji Abdullahi Ridwanullah Apaokagi
Party APC PDP SDP
Senator before election

Ibrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe
APC

Elected Senator

Saliu Mustapha
APC

The Kwara Central Senatorial District covers the local government areas of Asa, Ilorin East, Ilorin South, and Ilorin West. The incumbent Ibrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe (APC), who was elected with 63.2% of the vote in 2019, ran for re-election but lost renomination.

Primary elections

All Progressives Congress

On 20 April 2022, the APC National Executive Committee announced the party's schedule for senatorial primaries, setting its expression of interest form price at ₦3 million and nomination form price at ₦17 million with a 50% discount for candidates younger than 40 while women and candidates with disabilities get free nomination forms. Forms were to be sold from 26 April to 6 May until the deadline was later extended to 10 May then 12 May.[6] After the submission of nomination forms by 13 May, candidates were screened by a party committee on 14 and 15 May while 18 May was the date for the screening appeal process.[7] Ward congresses and LGA congresses were set for 16 and 17 May to elect delegates for the primary. Candidates approved by the screening process advanced to a primary set for 27 May, in concurrence with other APC senatorial primaries; challenges to the result could be made on 28 May.[8][9][10][11]

On the date of the primary, the primary committee chairman noted discrepancies in the delegate lists before postponing the vote until the next day;[12] earlier on 27 May, a candidate—former Senator Nkechi Nwogu—withdrew over the state party's internal crisis.[13] On 28 May, Samuel Onuigbo—House of Representatives member for Umuahia North/Umuahia South/Ikwuano—won the primary, defeating former Commissioner for Industry Henry Ikoh by a 2% margin.[14] However, in the weeks after the primary, a plan to substitute in Emeka Atuma as the nominee was concocted by some state APC leadership members;[15] the plan went into motion in June when a 7 June rerun primary was won by Atuma and the APC submitted its list of senatorial nominees to INEC with Atuma instead of Onuigbo.[16] In response, Onuigbo sued before a High Court in Abuja to stop the substitution plot.[17] Although the court dismissed Onuigbo's lawsuit in October, his appeal was successful as a late December Court of Appeal judgment ordered INEC to recognize him as the APC nominee.[18][19][20] As both politicians awaited the Supreme Court ruling in late January, some elements of the Abia APC (including the Tinubu/Shettima Campaign Organisation) continued to label Atuma as the Central senatorial nominee.[21] However, the apex court upheld the Court of Appeal judgment and maintained Onuigbo as the valid nominee.[22]

Before the primary, pundits noted five major candidates: incumbent Oloriegbe, Abdulfatai Yahaya Seriki, Saliu Mustapha, Yinka Aluko and former Senator Khairat Abdulrazaq-Gwadabe—the sister of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq; Aluko and Abdulrazaq-Gwadabe withdrew prior to the primary.[23] On the primary date, the exercise held in Ilorin and resulted in the nomination of Mustapha as Seriki and Oloriegbe came second and third place, respectively.[24] In June, Oloriegbe admitted to bribing delegates and receiving refunds from those that did not vote for him;[25] leaked audio from Oloriegbe also revealed that he blamed Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for the loss and refused to campaign for AbdulRazaq's re-election.[26]

APC primary results[24]
Party Candidate Votes %
APC Saliu Mustapha 136 59.39%
APC Abdulfatai Yahaya Seriki 78 34.06%
APC Ibrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe 15 6.55%
Total votes 229 100.00%
Invalid or blank votes 22 N/A
Turnout 251 100.00%

People's Democratic Party

On 16 March 2022, the national PDP announced its senatorial primary timetable, setting its expression of interest form price at ₦1 million and the nomination form price at ₦20 million with a 50% discount for candidates between 25 and 30. Forms were to be sold until 1 April but the party later extended the deadline four times before reaching a final deadline of 22 April. After the submission of nomination forms by 25 April, candidates were screened by a party committee on 27 April while 2 May was the rescheduled date for the screening appeal process. Ward congresses were set for 29 April and LGA congresses were rescheduled for 10 May to elect delegates for the primary.[27] Candidates approved by the screening process advanced to a primary set for 23 May, in concurrence with other PDP senatorial primaries but due to often violently enforced Monday stay-at-home orders by separatists, southeastern state parties held their primaries on 24 May;[28] challenges to the result could be made on 25 May.[29][30][31][32]

On the primary date, the screened candidates contested an indirect primary that ended in Austin Akobundu's victory. Akobundu, the former Minister of State for Defense, won with nearly 99% of the votes cast and electoral officer Amah Abraham labeled the primary as free, fair, and peaceful.[33][34]

Initially the PDP primary was overshadowed by rumours that former Senator (and de facto Kwara PDP leader) Bukola Saraki would run for the seat again. When he instead announced a presidential run, four candidates purchased forms—former minister Bolaji Abdullahi, Sarat Adebayo, Abubakar Kawu Baraje, and Abubakar Amuda-Kannike; however, the Saraki rumours still dominated the primary conversation as observers questioned if Saraki would still run for Senate as a backup plan if unsuccessful in his presidential bid.[23] In early April, Saraki and other Kwara PDP leadership effectively guaranteed Abdullahi would become nominee by zoning the nomination to his LGA—Ilorin West;[35] the move was made official later that month when the other aspirants withdrew and backed Abdullahi as the "consensus" pick.[36] On the primary date, Abdullahi was nominated via affirmation.[37] Despite the rumours, Saraki did not drop to the senatorial race after losing the PDP presidential primary and thus Abdullahi remained the nominee.

Campaign

After the primaries, nominations showed that the general election would be the first election in the district since 1999 to not have a Saraki on the ballot. For the general election campaign, observers noted the Saraki family's past strength in the district as a potential boost for Abdullahi, a Saraki loyalist, but also pointed out Bukola Saraki's substantial loss in 2019. For Mustapha and SDP nominee Ridwanullahi Apaokagi, pundits claimed the defections from the APC to the SDP could help Apaokagi despite his party's relatively small size.[38] In July and August, the Mustapha and Abdullahi campaigns were noted as being among several election campaigns that used the catastrophic Alanamu Market fire to hawk for votes.[39][40] Later analysis noted Oloriegbe's anger at Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq over the primary result as a potential harm to Mustapha's campaign while his traditional title of the Turaki Ilorin could boost his candidacy.[41][42] In December 2022, reporting from The Nation identified the closeness of the race while noting the effect of Suleiman Makanjuola Ajadi (ADC).[43]

General election

Results

2023 Kwara Central Senatorial District election
Party Candidate Votes %
AA Akeem Ismaila
ADP Ganiyu Abdullahi
APP Ibrahim Ganiyat Aderonike
ADC Abubakar Abolarin Abdulraheem
APC Saliu Mustapha
APM John Temitayo Anjorin
LP Umar Farooq Akanbi
NRM Adepoju Davidson Adekunle
New Nigeria Peoples Party Kayode Abdul Aiyelabegan
PDP Bolaji Abdullahi
SDP Ridwanullah Apaokagi
Total votes 100.00%
Invalid or blank votes N/A
Turnout

Kwara North

2023 Kwara North Senatorial District election
← 2019 25 February 2023 2027 →
 
Nominee Suleiman Sadiq Umar Kolo Jiya Isa Adamu Bawa
Party APC New Nigeria Peoples Party PDP
Senator before election

Suleiman Sadiq Umar
APC

Elected Senator

TBD

The Kwara North Senatorial District covers the local government areas of Baruten, Edu, Pategi, Kaiama, and Moro. The district is noted its majority-ethnic minority makeup with non-Yorubas forming the majority of the population.[lower-alpha 1] The incumbent Suleiman Sadiq Umar (APC), who was elected with 73.9% of the vote in 2019, is seeking re-election.

Primary elections

All Progressives Congress

On 20 April 2022, the APC National Executive Committee announced the party's schedule for senatorial primaries, setting its expression of interest form price at ₦3 million and nomination form price at ₦17 million with a 50% discount for candidates younger than 40 while women and candidates with disabilities get free nomination forms. Forms were to be sold from 26 April to 6 May until the deadline was later extended to 10 May then 12 May.[6] After the submission of nomination forms by 13 May, candidates were screened by a party committee on 14 and 15 May while 18 May was the date for the screening appeal process.[7] Ward congresses and LGA congresses were set for 16 and 17 May to elect delegates for the primary. Candidates approved by the screening process advanced to a primary set for 27 May, in concurrence with other APC senatorial primaries; challenges to the result could be made on 28 May.[8][9][10][11]

On the date of the primary, the primary committee chairman noted discrepancies in the delegate lists before postponing the vote until the next day;[44] earlier on 27 May, a candidate—former Senator Nkechi Nwogu—withdrew over the state party's internal crisis.[45] On 28 May, Samuel Onuigbo—House of Representatives member for Umuahia North/Umuahia South/Ikwuano—won the primary, defeating former Commissioner for Industry Henry Ikoh by a 2% margin.[14] However, in the weeks after the primary, a plan to substitute in Emeka Atuma as the nominee was concocted by some state APC leadership members;[46] the plan went into motion in June when a 7 June rerun primary was won by Atuma and the APC submitted its list of senatorial nominees to INEC with Atuma instead of Onuigbo.[47] In response, Onuigbo sued before a High Court in Abuja to stop the substitution plot.[48] Although the court dismissed Onuigbo's lawsuit in October, his appeal was successful as a late December Court of Appeal judgment ordered INEC to recognize him as the APC nominee.[49][50][51] As both politicians awaited the Supreme Court ruling in late January, some elements of the Abia APC (including the Tinubu/Shettima Campaign Organisation) continued to label Atuma as the Central senatorial nominee.[52] However, the apex court upheld the Court of Appeal judgment and maintained Onuigbo as the valid nominee.[53]

On the primary date, two candidates contested an indirect primary that ended with Umar's renomination over Tauheed Daudu Toyin by a significant margin.[24]

APC primary results[24]
Party Candidate Votes %
APC Suleiman Sadiq Umar 202 72.92%
APC Tauheed Daudu Toyin 75 27.08%
Total votes 277 100.00%

People's Democratic Party

On 16 March 2022, the national PDP announced its senatorial primary timetable, setting its expression of interest form price at ₦1 million and the nomination form price at ₦20 million with a 50% discount for candidates between 25 and 30. Forms were to be sold until 1 April but the party later extended the deadline four times before reaching a final deadline of 22 April. After the submission of nomination forms by 25 April, candidates were screened by a party committee on 27 April while 2 May was the rescheduled date for the screening appeal process. Ward congresses were set for 29 April and LGA congresses were rescheduled for 10 May to elect delegates for the primary.[27] Candidates approved by the screening process advanced to a primary set for 23 May, in concurrence with other PDP senatorial primaries but due to often violently enforced Monday stay-at-home orders by separatists, southeastern state parties held their primaries on 24 May;[54] challenges to the result could be made on 25 May.[29][30][31][55]

On the primary date, the screened candidates contested an indirect primary that ended in Austin Akobundu's victory. Akobundu, the former Minister of State for Defense, won with nearly 99% of the votes cast and electoral officer Amah Abraham labeled the primary as free, fair, and peaceful.[56][57]

Unlike nearly every other Kwara PDP primary, the North senatorial primary was not decided using the consensus method as former MHR Aisha Ahman Pategi insisted on a primary against former commissioner Isa Adamu Bawa. Bawa was backed by the state party as, in exchange for micro-zoning the gubernatorial nomination to the Edu-Moro-Pategi area, state party leadership agreed to back a senatorial candidate from the Baruten-Kaiama area. At the primary in Edu LGA, Bawa defeated Ahman Pategi by a wide margin.[58]

PDP primary results[58]
Party Candidate Votes %
PDP Isa Adamu Bawa 132 82.50%
PDP Aisha Ahman Pategi 28 17.50%
Total votes 160 100.00%
Invalid or blank votes 2 N/A
Turnout 162 100.00%

Campaign

In a December 2022 senate campaign analysis piece, The Nation reporters categorized the election as a threeway race between Umar, Bawa, and Jiya (NNPP).[43]

General election

Results

2023 Kwara North Senatorial District election
Party Candidate Votes %
AA Mohammed Bako Jibrin
ADP Naomi Temako
APP Lateef Bello Olabisi
ADC Aliru Bio
APC Suleiman Sadiq Umar
APM Adedimeji Samuel Lala
LP Rebecca O. Noace Moses
NRM Ogheneruona Kingsley Oghoufo
New Nigeria Peoples Party Kolo Baba Jiya
PDP Isa Adamu Bawa
SDP Abdulkadir Attahiru Adamu
ZLP Haliru Usman Idris
Total votes 100.00%
Invalid or blank votes N/A
Turnout

Kwara South

2023 Kwara South Senatorial District election
← 2019 25 February 2023 2027 →
 
Nominee Lola Ashiru Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim
Party APC PDP
Senator before election

Lola Ashiru
APC

Elected Senator

TBD

The Kwara South Senatorial District covers the local government areas of Ekiti, Oke Ero, Offa, Ifelodun, Irepodun, Isin, and Oyun. Incumbent Lola Ashiru (APC), who was elected with 65.5% of the vote in 2019, is seeking re-election.

Primary elections

All Progressives Congress

On 20 April 2022, the APC National Executive Committee announced the party's schedule for senatorial primaries, setting its expression of interest form price at ₦3 million and nomination form price at ₦17 million with a 50% discount for candidates younger than 40 while women and candidates with disabilities get free nomination forms. Forms were to be sold from 26 April to 6 May until the deadline was later extended to 10 May then 12 May.[6] After the submission of nomination forms by 13 May, candidates were screened by a party committee on 14 and 15 May while 18 May was the date for the screening appeal process.[7] Ward congresses and LGA congresses were set for 16 and 17 May to elect delegates for the primary. Candidates approved by the screening process advanced to a primary set for 27 May, in concurrence with other APC senatorial primaries; challenges to the result could be made on 28 May.[8][9][10][11]

On the date of the primary, the primary committee chairman noted discrepancies in the delegate lists before postponing the vote until the next day;[59] earlier on 27 May, a candidate—former Senator Nkechi Nwogu—withdrew over the state party's internal crisis.[60] On 28 May, Samuel Onuigbo—House of Representatives member for Umuahia North/Umuahia South/Ikwuano—won the primary, defeating former Commissioner for Industry Henry Ikoh by a 2% margin.[14] However, in the weeks after the primary, a plan to substitute in Emeka Atuma as the nominee was concocted by some state APC leadership members;[61] the plan went into motion in June when a 7 June rerun primary was won by Atuma and the APC submitted its list of senatorial nominees to INEC with Atuma instead of Onuigbo.[62] In response, Onuigbo sued before a High Court in Abuja to stop the substitution plot.[63] Although the court dismissed Onuigbo's lawsuit in October, his appeal was successful as a late December Court of Appeal judgment ordered INEC to recognize him as the APC nominee.[64][65][66] As both politicians awaited the Supreme Court ruling in late January, some elements of the Abia APC (including the Tinubu/Shettima Campaign Organisation) continued to label Atuma as the Central senatorial nominee.[67] However, the apex court upheld the Court of Appeal judgment and maintained Onuigbo as the valid nominee.[68]

Before the primary, pundits noted three major candidates: incumbent Ashiru, MHR Raheem Olawuyi, and Suleiman Makanjuola Ajadi.[23] On the primary date, the indirect primary ended with Ashiru winning renomination after results showed him defeating Olawuyi by a narrow four vote margin.[24]

APC primary results[24]
Party Candidate Votes %
APC Lola Ashiru 158 50.64%
APC Raheem Olawuyi 154 49.36%
Total votes 312 100.00%

People's Democratic Party

On 16 March 2022, the national PDP announced its senatorial primary timetable, setting its expression of interest form price at ₦1 million and the nomination form price at ₦20 million with a 50% discount for candidates between 25 and 30. Forms were to be sold until 1 April but the party later extended the deadline four times before reaching a final deadline of 22 April. After the submission of nomination forms by 25 April, candidates were screened by a party committee on 27 April while 2 May was the rescheduled date for the screening appeal process. Ward congresses were set for 29 April and LGA congresses were rescheduled for 10 May to elect delegates for the primary.[27] Candidates approved by the screening process advanced to a primary set for 23 May, in concurrence with other PDP senatorial primaries but due to often violently enforced Monday stay-at-home orders by separatists, southeastern state parties held their primaries on 24 May;[69] challenges to the result could be made on 25 May.[29][30][31][70]

On the primary date, the screened candidates contested an indirect primary that ended in Austin Akobundu's victory. Akobundu, the former Minister of State for Defense, won with nearly 99% of the votes cast and electoral officer Amah Abraham labeled the primary as free, fair, and peaceful.[71][72]

Like in Kwara Central, the state PDP organized a process to find a "consensus" nominee; however, Saraki and other PDP leadership effectively guaranteed the nomination to former Senator Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim by zoning the nomination to his LGA—Oyun—in early April.[35] Thus the process resulted in Ibrahim being selected as the "consensus" pick.[73] On the primary date, Ibrahim was nominated via affirmation.[37]

General election

Results

2023 Kwara South Senatorial District election
Party Candidate Votes %
A Olutola John Onijala
AA Abdulakeem Olalekan Yusuf
ADP Mohammed Abdullahi Balogun
APP Feyisayo Ogunsola
ADC Suleiman Makanjuola Ajadi
APC Lola Ashiru
APM Olayemi Ibidemi Ajayi
LP Olagunju Abidoye
NRM Kehinde Ayoola Popoola
New Nigeria Peoples Party Adetoyese David Omokanye
PDP Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim
SDP Olawale Adeniyi Rafiu Sulaiman
YPP Olanrewaju Peter Abraham
Total votes 100.00%
Invalid or blank votes N/A
Turnout

Notes

  1. ↑ Ethnic Nupes predominate Edu, Pategi, and Moro LGAs while Baruten and Kaiama are majority Baatonu and Bokobaru, respectively.

See also

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