The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) had its primary election for senatorial tickets in the 2027 general elections on Monday, May 19.
The primary was widely monitored across the country as the ruling party opted for a direct primary across all the senatorial districts.
While the elections were widely contested among the bigwigs in the party, some popularly powerful senators lost their bid to return to the Senate at the primary.
However, many of the senators are rejecting the outcome, and it was not clear if the party would still look into it, and maybe they would be returned.
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) had its primary election for senatorial tickets in the 2027 general elections on Monday, May 19. The primary was widely monitored across the country as the ruling party opted for a direct primary across all the senatorial districts.
At the same time, some of the aspirants withdrew from the race while others contested unopposed. Also, some were disqualified by the party, while others were defeated.
Below is the list of sitting senators who were defeated in the primary:
Ned Nwoko The Delta North senator could not secure his return ticket to the Senate through the APC primary and lost to the immediate past governor of Delta, Ifeanyi Okowa.
Neda Imasuen Imaseun The senator representing Edo South. He was elected on the platform of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, and defected to the ruling APC soon after he was sworn in as a member of the 10th Senate.
Senator Muhammad Danjuma Goje The senator representing Gombe Central for four consecutive terms failed to secure his move to return to the Senate for the fifth time and lost to retired DCP Mohammed Ahmed, who was backed by Governor Inuwa Yahaya
Senator Jibrin Isah The Kogi East senator, popularly known as Echocho, lost his bid to return to the Senate for the third time in the APC primary and lost to Dr Erico Ameh. He had rejected the outcome of the poll and accused the ruling party of being biased
