28 Females Make List Of APC Senatorial Aspirants

No fewer than twenty eight female aspirants have been cleared to contest for senatorial seats under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

The National Working Committee of the ruling party, on Tuesday, released the list of all aspirant cleared to run for the senate.

While about twenty states have between one to four female aspirants, states that have no female aspirant vying for the senatorial seat include Akwa – Ibom State, Kaduna State, Zamfara State, Katsina State, Jigawa State, Sokoto State, Imo State, Ondo State, Ogun State, Oyo State, Kwara State, Niger State and Taraba State.

Enugu state has the highest number of female senatorial aspirants (4), while states that have single female candidates include Cross River, Edo, Bayelsa, Kano, Kebbi, Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Lagod, Kogi, Benue, Plateau, Nasarawa and Borno.

Below is a list of the female aspirants cleared by the APC:

SOUTH SOUTH

CROSS RIVER STATE

S/N    NAME          SENATORIAL DISTRICT        DECISION

            PST. (MRS.) MBUK MAYENI           CROSS RIVER SOUTH            CLEARED

DELTA STATE

S/N    NAME          SENATORIAL DISTRICT        DECISION

1. MRS. MARIAN N. OGOH – ALI          DELTA NORTH   CLEARED

            HON. ENGR. DORIS UBOH  DELTA NORTH   CLEARED

EDO STATE

S/N    NAME          SENATORIAL DISTRICT        DECISION

            VICTORIA E. DIEJOMAOH    EDO NORTH        CLEARED

BAYELSA STATE

S/N    NAME          SENATORIAL DISTRICT        DECISION

            HON. DR. STELLA AYAMARA DORGU BAYELSA WEST            CLEARED

NORTH WEST               

KANO STATE

S/N    NAME          SENATORIAL DISTRICT        DECISION

            BARR. HAJIYA LAILA BUHARI        CENTRAL  CLEARED

KEBBI STATE

S/N    NAME          SENATORIAL DISTRICT        DECISION

            MRS. ASIYA AMINU    SOUTH       CLEARED

 

SOUTH EAST

ABIA STATE

S/N    NAME          SENATORIAL DISTRICT        DECISION

            SEN. NKECHI NWAOGU       ABIA CENTRAL   CLEARED

ANAMBRA STATE

            SEN. UCHE LILIAN EKWUNIFE     ANAMBRA CENTRAL  CLEARED

EBONYI STATE

            ANN NWANYIBUIFE AGOM – EZE          EBONYI SOUTH CLEARED

ENUGU STATE

S/N    NAME          SENATORIAL DISTRICT        DECISION

            BARR. MRS. IBELAKU JULIET NNAGWU         ENUGU WEST    CLEARED

            NNAMANI OKORO NONYE S.      ENUGU EAST      CLEARED

            ADAKU OGBU AGUOCHA    ENUGU EAST      CLEARED

            EZEMBA UCHENNA ANN    ENUGU EAST      CLEARED

 

SOUTH WEST

EKITI STATE

 S/N   NAME          SENATORIAL DISTRICT        DECISION

            SEN. RAJI–RASAKI FATIMAT OLUFUNKE      EKITI CENTRAL  CLEARED

            SEN. OLUBUNMI AYODEJI ADETUNMBI        EKITI NORTH      CLEARED

LAGOS STATE

S/N    NAME          SENATORIAL DISTRICT        DECISION

            SEN. OLUREMI TINUBU OON.      LAGOS CENTRAL         CLEARED

NORTH CENTRAL

KOGI STATE

S/N    NAME          SENATORIAL DISTRICT        DECISION

            ADEDOYIN E. IBIKUNLE (MRS.)   KOGI WEST          CLEARED

BENUE STATE

S/N    NAME          SENATORIAL DISTRICT        DECISION

            MRS. MINI A. ORUBIBI           NORTH EAST ZONE ‘A’         CLEARED

 

PLATEAU STATE

S/N    NAME          SENATORIAL DISTRICT        DECISION

            PAULINE TALLEN        PLATEAU SOUTH         CLEARED

FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY (FCT)

S/N    NAME          SENATORIAL DISTRICT        DECISION

            KHAIRAT ABDULRASAQ G.            FCT   CLEARED

            IRETI HEEBAH KINGIBE        FCT   CLEARED

NASSARAWA

S/N    NAME          SENATORIAL DISTRICT        DECISION

            HON. MRS. MARY .E.E.         NASSARAWA NORTH            CLEARED

NORTH EAST

BAUCHI STATE

S/N    NAME          SENATORIAL DISTRICT        DECISION

1. SAFIYA ILLIYASU MIHAMMED        BAUCHI SOUTH CLEARED

            MOHAMMED FATIMAH FAROUQ           BAUCHI SOUTH CLEARED

ADAMAWA STATE

S/N    NAME          SENATORIAL DISTRICT        DECISION

            SEN. BINTA MASI GARBA    ADAMAWA NORTH     CLEARED

            AISAHTU DAHIRUAHMED   ADAMAWA CENTRAL            CLEARED

BORNO STATE

S/N    NAME          SENATORIAL DISTRICT        DECISION

            FATI KAKENNA ALKALIMUNGONO      BORNO NORTH CLEARED

THE WHISTLER notes that although the above women have been cleared by the ruling party, only the primary election will determine how many of them will become candidates for the senatorial election.