16 people gun for Sarakis Kwara senate seat
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read more in7 senate president bukola saraki has an uphill battle on his hand to save his kwara central senatorial seat as he faces a poll contest with 16 other candidates four of whom are women1 his rivals in the february 16 2019 election will include the candidates of all progressives congress apc and africa democratic congress adc as well as those of 14 other political parties1 the four women seeking the kwara central senatorial seat with saraki are abubakar khadijat akanni of mpn okanlawon adekunle taiwo of gpn abdulwaheed mariam titilayo of adp and abdulsalam kuburat of lp1 other candidates for the seat are a former member of the state house of assembly dr yahaya oloriegbe apc abdurahman garuba ap ambali mujaheed acpn babatunde sambo sdp abdulraheem abubakar adc and mohammed saidu of peoples trust pt1 in kwara north alhaji sodiq umar of the apc will slug it out with zakari mohammed of pdp while governor abdulfatah ahmed of pdp and architect lola ashiru of apc are the frontline candidates in kwara south1 on the list for oyo south senatorial district were the incumbent senator adesoji akanbi who is running on the platform of the african democratic congress adc and the incumbent governor senator abiola ajimobi who is running on the platform of the all progressives congress apc1 akanbi was elected on the apc platform in 2015. he defected to adc in september when he discovered that governor ajimobi had obtained the form for his seat. while he hails from ibadan north west local government area ajimobi hails from ibadan south west local government area1 also contending for the same seat from the peoples democratic party pdp is mr adebayo lawal while mr fola akinosun is angling for it on the platform of african democratic party adp1 in oyo central district former senate leader teslim folarin of apc will slug it out with the incumbent senator monsurat sunmonu. the latter was also elected on the platform of the apc in 2015 but defected to adc recently. folarin picked the apc ticket this time. he defected from the pdp earlier in the year1 according to details published by the independent national electoral commission inecsaraki will fly the flag of the peoples democratic party in the election. the last time he contested in 2015 he ran on the all progressives congress platform1 in oyo north the incumbent senator fatai buhari of apc will slug it out with pdps hon. mulikat akande-adeola adcs adeleke lawal adebayo and adps ahmed salawudeen. akande-adeola is a former majority leader house of representatives1 with some of the political juggernauts racing for the same seat the 2019 senatorial election in oyo state promises to be very interesting1 also on the new inecs list for the senatorial race are deputy senate president ike ekweremadu enugu west imo state governor rochas okorocha imo west and former minister of state for works dayo adeyeye ekiti south among others1 ekweremadus opponents in enugu west include juliet ibekaku-nwagwu apc ken onyekaonwu upp ozoani chinedu jmpp philomena agu sdp gbazueagu nweke gbazueagu apga walter oji adc anayo ononugbo green party of nigeria and charles aninweze nac1 the main candidates that will battle it out in enugu north are incumbent senator chuka utazi pdp former enugu state house of assembly speaker eugene odo apc hope ubulu upp samuel omenihu gdpn nwokolo chuka mega party and eze simon chukwuma ccpc while former enugu governor chimaroke nnamani pdp will face lawrence eze apc ibiyemi akanji ariyo gdpn okafor doree ijeoma kowa eze mark anthony sdp in enugu east1 ekiti north senatorial district olubunmi adetunmbi apc duro faseyi pdp1 ekiti central opeyemi bamidele apc obafemi adewale pdp1 ekiti south dayo adeyeye apc mrs. biodun olujimi pdp1 the pdp has the following as its candidates for the house of representatives elections kehinde agboola ekiti north 1 akin awodumila ekiti south 2 mr. segun adekola ekiti south 1 mr ayo oladimeji ekiti central bisi kolawole ekiti central 2 and sola omotoso ekiti north 2 while the apc will be fielding peter owolabi ekiti north 1 ibrahim olarewaju ekiti north 2 sola fatoba ekiti central 1 mrs. omowumi ogunlola ekiti central 2 yemi adaramodu ekiti south 1 and former ekiti house of assembly speaker1 pdp fielded mr oyebisi ilaka while adp fielded the current member house of representatives for lageluakinyele federal constituency hon. olatoye temitope subaru1