2023 Nigerian Senate elections in Adamawa State

2019 Nigerian Senate elections in Adamawa State

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All 3 Adamawa State seats in the Senate of Nigeria
Majority party Minority party   Party APC PDP Last election 1 2 Seats before 2 1
APC incumbent retiring      APC incumbent running for re-election      PDP incumbent running for re-election

The 2023 Nigerian Senate elections in Adamawa State will be held on 25 February 2023, to elect the 3 federal Senators from Adamawa State, one from each of the state's three senatorial districts. The elections will coincide 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 terms of the previous Senate elections, none of the three incumbent senators were returned, with APC-turned-ADC Adamawa Central Senator Abdul-Aziz Nyako retiring to unsuccessfully run for governor whilst both APC senators (North's Binta Masi Garba and South's Ahmad Mo'allahyidi Abubakar) were defeated in their re-election bids. In the Central district, Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed regained the seat for the APC with 57% of the vote; on the other hand, the PDP's Ishaku Elisha Abbo and Binos Dauda Yaroe won with 44% in the North district and 53% in the South district. These results showed both the failure of the Adamawa ADC to hold the seats it gained through defections and the PDP's gains in the state as the party also won five House of Representatives seats and gained control of the House of Assembly. The PDP presidential nominee, Adamawa-native Atiku Abubakar, also won the state back from Buhari and Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri defeated APC incumbent Bindow Jibrilla in the gubernatorial election.

During the 2019–2023 term, the all senators gained notoriety as Ahmed was the only women serving senator from northern Nigeria until December 2020 and Yaroe became known for medical projects in his district. However, Abbo was the most high-profile senator as he was caught on video violently assaulting a shop owner and eventually had to pay damages to his victim; ^{[1] [2]} he was also the youngest serving senator in the entire body and became the first senator to switch parties when he defected to the APC in November 2020. ^[3]

Overview

Affiliation	Party		Total
	APC	PDP
Previous Election	1	2	3
Before Election	2	1	3
After Election	1	2	3

Summary

This table is an excerpt from 2023 Nigerian Senate election § Adamawa State.[ edit ]

District	Incumbent		Results
	Incumbent	Party	Status	Candidates
Adamawa Central	Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed	APC	Incumbent retired New member elected PDP gain	▌ Abdul-Aziz Nyako (APC) [4] [5] [6] ▌ Ahmadu Hamman (NNPP) [6] ▌Y Aminu Iya Abbas (PDP) [7] [8] [6]
Adamawa North	Ishaku Elisha Abbo	APC [note 1]	Incumbent re-elected	▌Y Ishaku Elisha Abbo (APC) [9] [5] [6] ▌ Abdullahi Dauda Belel (NNPP) [6] ▌ Amos Yohana (PDP) [8] [6]
Adamawa South	Binos Dauda Yaroe	PDP	Incumbent re-elected	▌ Adamu Ismaila Numan (APC) [5] [6] ▌Y Binos Dauda Yaroe (PDP) [7] [8] [6]

Adamawa Central

2023 Adamawa Central Senatorial District election

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Nominee Abdul-Aziz Nyako Ahmadu Hamman Abbas Aminu Iya Party APC New Nigeria Peoples Party PDP Percentage -->

Senator before election Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed APC Elected Senator To be determined To be determined

The Adamawa Central district covers Fufore, Girei, Hong, Song, Yola North, and Yola South local government areas. The incumbent is Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed (APC), who was elected with 57.1% of the vote in 2019. In March 2022, Ahmed announced that she would run for governor of Adamawa State, instead of seeking re-election. ^[10]

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. ^[11] 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. ^[12] 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. ^{[13] [14] [15] [16]}

On the primary date, three candidates contested an indirect primary in Yola that ended with former Senator Abdul-Aziz Nyako emerging as the nominee after results showed him defeating first runner-up Abdullahi Musa by a 58% margin. In his acceptance speech, Nyako thanked delegates before vowing to bring good representation to the district. ^[17]

APC primary results ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	APC	Abdul-Aziz Nyako	292	77.45%
	APC	Abdullahi Musa	72	19.10%
	APC	Bindir Buba	13	3.45%
Total votes			377	100.00%
Invalid or blank votes			2	N/A
Turnout			379	Unknown

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. ^[18] 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; ^[19] challenges to the result could be made on 25 May. ^{[20] [21] [22] [23]}

On the primary date, an indirect primary in Yola resulted in the victory of Aminu Iya Abbas—the Speaker of the Adamawa State House of Assembly and MHA for Uba-Gaya. Abbas beat first runner-up Awwal Tukur, Adamawa State University Governing Council Chairman and the son of former Governor Bamanga Tukur, by a 31% margin. ^[24] However, a group of losing aspirints filed a lawsuit challenging the primary based on claims of electoral irregularities; ^[25] a Federal High Court judgment annulled the primary on 28 November but based the ruling on the illegal participation of Tukur, who had not resigned his appointed government position as required by law. ^[26] In January 2023, Abbas appealed the ruling at the Yola Division of the Court of Appeal. ^[27] The next month, the Court of Appeal reinstated Abbas as the valid nominee. ^[28]

PDP primary results ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP	Aminu Iya Abbas	125	53.88%
	PDP	Awwal Tukur	54	23.28%
	PDP	Mustapha Ibrahim Baba	32	13.79%
	PDP	Mohammed Chubado Murtala Modibbo	13	5.60%
	PDP	Daniel Bwala	4	1.72%
	PDP	Abubakar Ibrahim Gwal	3	1.29%
	PDP	D.D. Azura	1	0.43%
Total votes			232	100.00%

Campaign

In race analysis in December 2022, reporting from The Nation categorized the election as extremely competitive while also noting Ahmadu Hamman (NNPP) as a prominent candidate. ^[29] A piece from The Africa Report in January echoed the sentiment of competitiveness, also pointing out the power of the Nyako family in the area. ^[30]

General election

Results

2023 Adamawa Central Senatorial District election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	ADC	Aliyu Butu
	APC	Abdul-Aziz Nyako
	LP	Saidu Ismaila Adamu
	New Nigeria Peoples Party	Ahmadu Hamman
	NRM	Nuhu Saad
	PDP	TBD
	PRP	Aminu Abubakar Dahiru
	SDP	Ibrahim Ahijo Karlahi
	YPP	Simon Bawa
Total votes				100.00%
Invalid or blank votes				N/A
Turnout

By federal constituency

The results of the election by federal constituency.

Federal Constituency	Abdul-Aziz Nyako APC		TBD PDP		Others		Total Valid Votes
	Votes	Percentage	Votes	Percentage	Votes	Percentage
Fufore/Song Federal Constituency [note 2]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Gombi/Hong Federal Constituency [note 3]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Yola North/Yola South/Girei Federal Constituency [note 4]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Totals	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD

By local government area

The results of the election by local government area.

LGA	Abdul-Aziz Nyako APC		TBD PDP		Others		Total Valid Votes	Turnout Percentage
	Votes	Percentage	Votes	Percentage	Votes	Percentage
Fufore	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Girei	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Gombi	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Hong	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Song	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Yola North	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Yola South	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Totals	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%

Adamawa North

2023 Adamawa North Senatorial District election

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Nominee TBD Abdullahi Dauda Belel Amos Yohana Party APC New Nigeria Peoples Party PDP

Senator before election Ishaku Elisha Abbo APC Elected Senator To be determined To be determined

The Adamawa North district covers Madagali, Maiha, Michika, Mubi North, and Mubi South local government areas. The incumbent is Ishaku Elisha Abbo (APC), who was elected with 44.5% of the vote in 2019 as a member of the PDP; he defected to the APC in November 2020. ^[3] In December 2020, Abbo said that he would run for governor of Adamawa State, instead of seeking re-election; ^[31] however, he did not purchase gubernatorial primary forms and eventually chose to run for re-election to the Senate.

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. ^[11] 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. ^[12] 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. ^{[13] [14] [15] [16]}

On the primary date, screened candidates contested an indirect primary that ended with Abbo's renomination. Abbo returned as nominee with results showing him defeating runner-up businessman Hamisu Idris Medugu by a 13% margin. ^[32] In a Facebook post, Abbo thanked his campaign team and former opponents. ^[33] However, in the wake of Abbo's expulsion from the APC in October, party members sued to have him removed as the party's senatorial nominee. ^[34] A Federal High Court ruling on 10 January 2023 removed Abbo as nominee; ^[35] in response, Abbo vowed to appeal the judgment. ^[36]

APC primary results ^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	APC	Ishaku Elisha Abbo	137	48.41%
	APC	Hamisu Idris Medugu	100	35.34%
	APC	Binta Masi Garba	46	16.25%
	APC	Abdulrahaman Kwacham (withdrawn)	0	0.00%
Total votes			283	100.00%
Invalid or blank votes			0	N/A
Turnout			283	Unknown

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. ^[18] 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; ^[37] challenges to the result could be made on 25 May. ^{[20] [21] [22] [38]}

Four screened candidates advanced to the primary where Amos Yohana defeated Zira Maigadi by a 56% margin. ^[39]

PDP primary results ^[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP	Amos Yohana	123	71.93%
	PDP	Zira Maigadi	28	16.37%
	PDP	Aji Wampana	18	10.53%
	PDP	Philip Alango	2	1.17%
Total votes			171	100.00%

Campaign

In a Senate campaign analysis piece in December 2022, The Nation reporters categorized Abbo as the frontrunner due to the relatively low name recognition of his opponents but noted the crossover appeal Abdullahi Dauda Belel (NNPP) appeared to have among supporters of other parties. ^[40] However, the race was drastically changed in the next month when a court ruling removed Abbo as the APC nominee due to his expulsion from the party. ^[35]

General election

Results

2023 Adamawa North Senatorial District election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	ADC	Ahmed Usman
	APC	TBD
	LP	Mohammed Adamu
	New Nigeria Peoples Party	Abdullahi Dauda Belel
	NRM	Grace Ezra
	PDP	Amos Yohana
	PRP	Zakariya Joshua Medugu
	SDP	Hadiza Ahmed
Total votes				100.00%
Invalid or blank votes				N/A
Turnout

By federal constituency

The results of the election by federal constituency.

Federal Constituency	Ishaku Abbo APC		Amos Yohana PDP		Others		Total Valid Votes
	Votes	Percentage	Votes	Percentage	Votes	Percentage
Madagali/Michika Federal Constituency [note 5]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Maiha/Mubi North/Mubi South Federal Constituency [note 6]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Totals	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD

By local government area

The results of the election by local government area.

LGA	Ishaku Abbo APC		Amos Yohana PDP		Others		Total Valid Votes	Turnout Percentage
	Votes	Percentage	Votes	Percentage	Votes	Percentage
Madagali	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Maiha	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Michika	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Mubi North	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Mubi South	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Totals	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%

Adamawa South

2023 Adamawa South Senatorial District election

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Nominee Adamu Ismaila Numan Binos Dauda Yaroe Party APC PDP

Senator before election Binos Dauda Yaroe PDP Elected Senator To be determined To be determined

The Adamawa South district covers Demsa, Ganye, Guyuk, Jada, Lamurde, Mayo-Belwa, Numan, Shelleng, and Toungo local government areas. The incumbent is Binos Dauda Yaroe (PDP), who was elected with 53.5% of the vote in 2019, who 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. ^[11] 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. ^[12] 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. ^{[13] [14] [15] [16]}

On the primary date, five candidates threatened to withdraw from the primary due to alleged vote-buying by an agent of the sixth candidate—Adamu Ismaila Numan. In response, the primary committee suspended the exercise and eventually rescheduled it for 29 May. ^[41] The rescheduled primary ended with victory for Ismaila Numan but the five other candidates again protested the results and called for Ismaila Numan's disqualification due to vote buying. ^{[42] [43]}

APC primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	APC	Adamu Ismaila Numan	403	91.80%
	APC	Ahmed Abubakar	26	5.92%
	APC	Grace Folashade Bent	8	1.82%
	APC	Bala Sanga	1	0.23%
	APC	Bridget Zidon	1	0.23%
	APC	Sani Jada	0	0.00%
Total votes			439	100.00%
Invalid or blank votes			10	N/A
Turnout			449	Unknown

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. ^[18] 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; ^[44] challenges to the result could be made on 25 May. ^{[20] [21] [22] [45]}

On the primary date, an indirect primary in Numan resulted in the Yaroe's renomination as he beat his sole opponent—Peter Fwa—by a 62% margin. ^[24]

PDP primary results ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP	Binos Dauda Yaroe	232	80.84%
	PDP	Peter Fwa	55	19.16%
Total votes			287	100.00%

Campaign

In review of the campaign in December 2022, reporting from The Nation categorized Yaroe as the frontrunner due to the relatively low name recognition of his opponents and the controversial APC primary. ^[46]

General election

Results

2023 Adamawa South Senatorial District election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	ADC	Umaru Suleiman Danrimi
	APC	Adamu Ismaila Numan
	LP	Jesse Seth Ngurikan
	New Nigeria Peoples Party	Abubakar Buba Pullo
	NRM	Bellow Hayatu Muktar
	PDP	Binos Dauda Yaroe
	PRP	Nurudden Adam Nyako
	SDP	Burke Ghate Williams
Total votes				100.00%
Invalid or blank votes				N/A
Turnout

By federal constituency

The results of the election by federal constituency.

Federal Constituency	Adamu Ismaila Numan APC		Binos Dauda Yaroe PDP		Others		Total Valid Votes
	Votes	Percentage	Votes	Percentage	Votes	Percentage
Demsa/Numan/Lamurde Federal Constituency [note 7]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Guyuk/Shelleng Federal Constituency [note 8]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Mayo Belwa/Ganye/Toungo/Jada Federal Constituency [note 9]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Totals	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD

By local government area

The results of the election by local government area.

LGA	Adamu Ismaila Numan APC		Binos Dauda Yaroe PDP		Others		Total Valid Votes	Turnout Percentage
	Votes	Percentage	Votes	Percentage	Votes	Percentage
Demsa	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Ganye	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Guyuk	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Jada	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Lamurde	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Mayo-Belwa	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Numan	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Shelleng	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Toungo	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Totals	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%

See also

• 2023 Nigerian Senate election
• 2023 Nigerian elections

Notes

1. This senator was elected as a member of the PDP but switched to the APC during their term.
2. Comprising the local government areas of Fufore and Song.
3. Comprising the local government areas of Gombi and Hong.
4. Comprising the local government areas of Yola North, Yola South, and Girei.
5. Comprising the local government areas of Madagali and Michika.
6. Comprising the local government areas of Maiha, Mubi North, and Mubi South.
7. Comprising the local government areas of Demsa, Numan, and Lamurde.
8. Comprising the local government areas of Guyuk and Shelleng.
9. Comprising the local government areas of Mayo-Belwa, Ganye, Toungo, and Jada.

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