2023 Nigerian Senate elections in Bauchi State

The 2023 Nigerian Senate elections in Bauchi State will be held on 25 February 2023, to elect the 3 federal Senators from Bauchi 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.

2023 Nigerian Senate elections in Bauchi State
25 February 2023

All 3 Bauchi State seats in the Senate of Nigeria
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Party NNPP PDP APC
Last election 0 0 3
Seats before 2 1 0

     NNPP incumbent retiring
     NNPP incumbent running for re-election
     PDP incumbent retiring or lost renomination

Background

In the previous Senate elections, only one of the three incumbent senators were returned, with South District Senator Lawal Yahaya Gumau (APC) being re-elected while both APC-turned-PDP senators (Central District's Isah Misau and the North District's Sulaiman Mohammed Nazif) were defeated in their re-election bids. In the South district, Gumau held his seat for the PDP with 52% of the vote while Halliru Dauda Jika (APC) unseated Misau with 50% of the vote in the North district; in the Central seat, Nazif was pushed to third place in a race won by Adamu Muhammad Bulkachuwa (APC). These results were a part of a good 2019 showing for the APC in Bauchi elections as Buhari won the state and the party retained control of the House of Assembly while the House of Representatives seats split between the APC and PDP. On the other hand, former minister Bala Mohammed—the PDP gubernatorial nominee—unseated APC incumbent Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar by a narrow margin.

In the first half of the 2019–2023 term, the three senators were noted for their remarkably low output as Jika and Gumau sponsored no motions or petitions while Bulkachuwa only sponsored two motions—both in memoriam speeches.[1] The three senators also had few bills as Gumau and Bulkachuwa had a single bill in over two years while Jika only had two.[2] In 2022, Jika and Gumau defected to the NNPP while Bulkachuwa moved to the PDP.[3]

Overview

Affiliation Party Total
NNPP PDP APC
Previous Election 0 0 3 3
Before Election 2 1 0 3
After Election 0 2 1 3

Summary

District Incumbent Results
Incumbent Party Status Candidates
Bauchi Central Halliru Dauda Jika NNPP[lower-alpha 1] Incumbent retired
New member elected
PDP gain
Bauchi North Adamu Muhammad Bulkachuwa PDP[lower-alpha 2] Incumbent lost renomination[lower-alpha 3]
New member elected
PDP hold
  • Siraj Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad (APC)[4][5]
  • Green tickY Sama'ila Dahuwa (PDP)[6][5]
Bauchi South Lawal Yahaya Gumau NNPP[lower-alpha 1] Incumbent lost renomination[lower-alpha 4]
Incumbent lost re-election under nomination of new party
New member elected
APC gain

Bauchi Central

2023 Bauchi Central Senatorial District election
25 February 2023
 
Nominee Uba Ahmed Nana Abdul Ahmed Ningi
Party APC PDP

Senator before election

Halliru Dauda Jika
NNPP

Elected Senator

To be determined
To be determined

The Bauchi Central Senatorial District covers the local government areas of Damban, Darazo, Ganjuwa, Misau, Ningi, and Warji. The incumbent is Halliru Dauda Jika (NNPP), who was elected with 49.8% of the vote in 2019 as a member of the APC. In early 2022, Jika decided to run for governor of Bauchi State, instead of seeking re-election; however, he lost the APC primary and promptly defected to the NNPP in June 2022 to become its gubernatorial nominee.[3]

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.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10][11][12][13]

The primary resulted in Uba Ahmed Nana emerging as the nominee after results showed him defeating former Senator Isah Hamma Misau by a 49% margin.[14]

APC primary results[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
APC Uba Ahmed Nana 238 71.90%
APC Isah Hamma Misau 75 22.66%
APC Abubakar Shehu 18 5.44%
Total votes 331 100.00%

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.[15] 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;[16] challenges to the result could be made on 25 May.[17][18][19][20]

On the primary date, former Senator Abdul Ahmed Ningi was the only candidate and thus was nominated unopposed.

Campaign

In December 2022, analysis from The Nation categorized Ningi as the frontrunner due to his political clout and the relatively low name recognition of Nana.[21]

Results

2023 Bauchi Central Senatorial District election
Party Candidate Votes %
ADP Ibrahim Liman Musa
APP Adamu Haruna
AAC Misbahu Nuhu
ADC Muhammad Kawu
APC Uba Ahmed Nana 84,621
LP Salisu Jibrin Sambo
NNPP Isah Hamma Misau
PRP Kala Ibrahim
PDP Abdul Ahmed Ningi 104,878
SDP Zidanga Saleh Adamu
ZLP Mahmood Mohammed
Total votes 100.00%
Invalid or blank votes N/A
Turnout

Bauchi North

2023 Bauchi North Senatorial District election
25 February 2023
 
Nominee Siraj Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad Sama'ila Dahuwa
Party APC PDP

Senator before election

Adamu Muhammad Bulkachuwa
APC

Elected Senator

To be determined
To be determined

The Bauchi North district covers the local government areas of Gamawa, Giade, Itas/Gadau, Jamaare, Katagum, Shira, and Zaki. The incumbent Adamu Muhammad Bulkachuwa (APC), who was elected with 39.7% of the vote in 2019, sought re-election but lost APC renomination. In November 2022, Bulkachuwa decamped to the PDP.[22]

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.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10][11][12][13]

The primary resulted in Siraj Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad—son of then-Supreme Court Chief Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad—defeating Ibrahim Baba for the nomination after results showed a 3% margin of victory; Bulkachuwa came last without any votes.[14] The win was controversial due to allegations that Muhammad used his father's position to steal public funds used to bribe delegates with cars, cash, and jobs in the judiciary.[23] These allegations purportedly led to Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad's resignation as Chief Justice in July 2022 amid other scandals as well.[24][25] The nomination itself was categorized as another example of the formation of political family dynasties as Muhammad was one of many political family scions to win primaries.[26]

APC primary results[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
APC Siraj Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad 189 51.36%
APC Ibrahim Baba 178 48.37%
APC Audu Sule 1 0.27%
APC Adamu Muhammad Bulkachuwa 0 0.00%
Total votes 368 100.00%
Invalid or blank votes 2 N/A
Turnout 370 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.[15] 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;[27] challenges to the result could be made on 25 May.[17][18][19][28]

The Azare-held primary resulted in victory for Sama’ila Dahuwa—former Commissioner of Health in the Bala Mohammed administration. Dahuwa beat chemist Laraba Gambo Abdullahi by a 27% margin of victory. In his acceptance speech, Dahuwa praised his former opponents and asked for their support going forward.[29]

PDP primary results[29]
Party Candidate Votes %
PDP Sama’ila Dahuwa 133 58.59%
PDP Laraba Gambo Abdullahi 71 31.28%
PDP Maula Adamu Aliyu 16 7.05%
PDP Aminu Ahmed Yapeko 7 3.08%
Total votes 227 100.00%

Campaign


Results

2023 Bauchi North Senatorial District election
Party Candidate Votes %
A Sani Abdulmumini
ADP Mohammed Sani Ibrahim
APP Usman Daladi
APC Siraj Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad 100,246
NRM Ibrahim Ali
NNPP Ghazali Mohammed Mijinyawa
PRP Mohammed Daiyabu Mohammed
PDP Sama'ila Dahuwa 102,043
SDP Baba Ibrahim Mohammed
Total votes 100.00%
Invalid or blank votes N/A
Turnout

Bauchi South

2023 Bauchi South Senatorial District election
25 February 2023
 
Nominee Shehu Buba Umar Lawal Yahaya Gumau Dahiru Garba
Party APC NNPP PDP

Senator before election

Lawal Yahaya Gumau
NNPP

Elected Senator

To be determined
To be determined

The Bauchi South Senatorial District covers the local government areas of Alkaleri, Bauchi, Bogoro, Dass, Kirfi, Tafawa Balewa, and Toro. The incumbent is Lawal Yahaya Gumau (NNPP), who was elected with 51.9% of the vote in 2019 as a member of the APC. Gumau originally sought re-election in the APC but lost the primary before defecting to the NNPP in May 2022 and obtaining its senatorial nomination.

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.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10][11][12][13]

The primary in Bauchi resulted in Shehu Buba Umar defeating Gumau for the nomination by just 6 votes.[30][14] Gumau promptly left the APC to run as the NNPP nominee.[31] The nomination of Umar was briefly annulled after a November court ruling, but the appeal ended with Umar's reinstatement as nominee.[32]

APC primary results[30]
Party Candidate Votes %
APC Shehu Buba Umar 188 50.27%
APC Lawal Yahaya Gumau 182 48.66%
APC Yusuf Ladan 4 1.07%
APC Other candidates 0 0.00%
Total votes 374 100.00%
Invalid or blank votes 0 N/A
Turnout 374 Unknown

New Nigeria Peoples Party

The national NNPP announced its primary schedule on 12 April 2022, setting its expression of interest form price at ₦0.5 million and the nomination form price at ₦2.5 million with forms being sold from 10 April to 5 May.[33] The rest of the timetable was revised on 19 May; after the purchase and submission of forms, senatorial candidates were screened by a party committee on 25 May while the screening appeal process was held on the next day. Ward congresses were set for 22 April to elect delegates for the primary. Candidates approved by the screening process advanced to a primary set for 28 May, in concurrence with all other NNPP gubernatorial primaries; challenges to the result could be made the next day.[34]

Originally Yakubu Shehu Abdullahi—MHR for Bauchi—claimed to have been given an "automatic ticket" by party leadership as NNPP nominee, a few days after he defected from the APC in May 2022. However, the party promptly held a primary after Gumau joined and nominated him unanimously instead at a primary in Bauchi on 5 June.[31] In response, Abdullahi labeled the primary as "a charade" and claimed to be "the authentic candidate of the NNPP."[35]

NNPP primary results[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
NNPP Lawal Yahaya Gumau 230 100.00%
NNPP Yakubu Shehu Abdullahi 0 0.00%
Total votes 230 100.00%
Invalid or blank votes 1 N/A
Turnout 231 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.[15] 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;[36] challenges to the result could be made on 25 May.[17][18][19][37]

The primary resulted in victory for Dahiru Garba—former Commissioner of Commerce in the Bala Mohammed administration. Dahuwa beat Mahiru Maiwada by a single vote.[29] After tabulation, Garba asked for the support of his former opponents.[38] However, the ruling of a Federal High Court sitting in Owerri in mid-November 2022 annulled the primary and ordered the party to conduct a new exercise.[39] In compliance with the ruling, a rerun primary was held on 30 November with Garba winning by a wide margin; however, most other aspirants were absent from the venue.[40]

Annulled primary results
PDP primary results[29]
Party Candidate Votes %
PDP Dahiru Garba 70 31.53%
PDP Mahiru Maiwada 69 31.08%
PDP Adamu Gumba 35 15.77%
PDP Ladan Salihu 34 15.31%
PDP Ahmed Shuaibu 14 6.31%
Total votes 222 100.00%
PDP rerun primary results[40]
Party Candidate Votes %
PDP Dahiru Garba 211 96.79%
PDP Mahiru Maiwada 7 3.21%
Total votes 218 100.00%
Invalid or blank votes 1 N/A
Turnout 219 94.40%

Campaign

In review of the campaign in December 2022, reporting from The Nation categorized Gumau as the frontrunner due to the relatively low name recognition of his opponents and the controversial PDP primary.[21]

Results

2023 Bauchi South Senatorial District election
Party Candidate Votes %
AA Bulus Akila Mbumma
ADP Yahaya Idris
APP Idris Hassan
ADC Naziru Dahiru Usman
APC Shehu Buba Umar 170,505
APGA Muhammed Chindo
LP Sani Ahmad
NRM Danladi Umar
NNPP Lawal Yahaya Gumau
PRP Idris Zakariyya
PDP Dahiru Garba 165,727
SDP Garba Muhammad Gidado
ZLP Khalifa Sani Abdullahi
Total votes 100.00%
Invalid or blank votes N/A
Turnout

See also

Notes

  1. This House member was elected as a member of the APC but switched to the NNPP during their term.
  2. This senator was elected as a member of the APC but switched to the PDP during their term.
  3. SenatorDefection
  4. SenatorDefection

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