Five incumbent governors have so far lost their bid to be elected into the senate at the expiration of their tenure in May. All the governors who contested Saturday’s election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party lost to All Progressives Congress candidates.
Gabriel Suswam, governor of Benue state, lost to Barnabas Gemade.
Gemade,retained his seat at the Benue north east senatorial district by polling 140, 715 votes ahead of Suswam, who secured 118, 603 votes.
Isa Yuguda, governor of Bauchi state, also lost his bid to emerge as the senator of Bauchi south senatorial district, as Ali Wakili, a retired comptroller-general of customs, as Ali Wakili, a retired comptroller-general of customs, scored a total of 341, 708 votes ahead of Yuguda, who polled 115,575 votes.
Bala Ngilari, governor of Adamawa state, who was eyeing the Adamawa north senatorial district was trounced by Binta Masi, former member of the house of representatives and chairman of APC in the state.
Sai’du Dakingari, governor of Kebbi state, lost to Bello Argungu.
Argungu secured 139,197 and Dakingari only managed to poll 70,148 votes.
Babaginda Aliyu, lost to David Umaru by a wide margin. Umaru had 149,443 against Aliyu’s 46,459.
However five of this losing governors colleagues will make a return to the senate, they are:
Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom); Theodore Orji, (Abia); Aliyu Wammako, (Sokoto); Jonah Jang, (Plateau) and Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano).