NIGERIA: ELECTION FOR THE NEXT SENATE PRESIDENT OF THE UPPER CHAMBER OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY HAS BEGUN

Senator Godswill Akpabio

Senator Abdul’aziz Yari

The race for who becomes the Senate President for the 10th National Assembly (NASS) gets intense on Tuesday morning as voting commenced at the Red Chamber in Abuja, Nigeria.

Voting begun at exactly 08:45am on a state by state basis, alphabetically.

Nominations were received for Senator Abdul’aziz Yari and Senator Godswill Akpabio after which the Clerk of the Senate declared nominations closed in absence of further nominations.

The contest is now between Yari, a former governor of Zamfara State and Akpabio, a former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs and ex-governor of Akwa Ibom State.

Akpabio and Yari are top-ranking chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

More updates to come later.