With the supplementary elections out of the way, it is official: the All Progressives Congress (APC) remains in control of the red chamber of the national assembly.

Let’s break it down for you: the APC has 59 of the 109 seats in the senate while six other opposition parties have 50 seats combined.

The ruling party has the best national spread courtesy of winning more than one seat in each geopolitical zone. The party has senators in 28 states, only falling short in Anambra, Bayelsa, Enugu, Kaduna, Kebbi, Nasarawa, Osun, and Rivers.

Despite its below-par performance in the south-east — its former stronghold — the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) remains the top opposition party with 36 seats. The party however exerted its influence in the north-west and north-east, producing all the senators from states like Kaduna, Kebbi, and Adamawa and most of the senators from Gombe and Taraba. 

The remarkable outing of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections earned the party eight seats — its highest ever in the senate. Save for Edo South won by Imasuen Neda Bernards, LP won all its senate seats in the south-east — the geopolitical zone of Peter Obi, the party’s presidential candidate.

Despite the re-election of APC’s Abdullahi Sule as governor of Nasarawa, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) won two seats in the state while the PDP took the third slot.

The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) also won two seats; both in Kano, while Enyinnaya Abaribe won the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) its only senate seat in Abia and Ifeanyi Ubah of Anambra South ensured that the Youth Peoples Party (YPP) would maintain its sole representation in the senate.

The table below comprises the names of all the 109 senators-elect for the 10th national assembly as well as their senatorial zones and political parties.

1 KALU ORJI UZOR APC ABIA NORTH

2 DARLINGTON NWOKEOCHA LP ABIA CENTRAL

3 ABARIBE ENYINNAYA APGA ABIA SOUTH

4 ISHAKU ELISHA CLIFF APC ADAMAWA NORTH

5 YAROE BINOS DAUDA PDP ADAMAWA SOUTH

6 AMINU IYA ABBAS PDP ADAMAWA CENTRAL

7 BASSEY ANIEKAN ETIM PDP AKWA IBOM NORTH EAST

8 AKPABIO GODWILL OBOT APC AKWA IBOM NORTH WEST

9 AKPAN EKONG SAMPSON PDP AKWA IBOM NORTH SOUTH

10 TONY NWOYE LP ANAMBRA NORTH

11 UMEH VICTOR CHUKWUNONYELU LP ANAMBRA CENTRAL

12 UBAH PATRICK IFEANYI YPP ANAMBRA SOUTH

13 UMAR SHEHU BUBA APC BAUCHI SOUTH

4 AHMED ABDUL NINGI PDP BAUCHI CENTRAL

15 SAMAILA DAHUWA KAILA PDP BAUCHI NORTH

16 AGADAGA BENSON SUNDAY PDP BAYELSA EAST

17 BENSON FRIDAY PDP BAYELSA CENTRAL

18 DICKSON SERIAKE PDP BAYELSA WEST

19 UDENDE MEMSA EMMANUEL APC BENUE NORTH-EAST

20 TITUS TARTENGER ZAM APC BENUE NORTH-WEST

21 MORO ABBA PATRICKSOUTH PDP BENUE SOUTH

22 MOHAMMED TAHIR MONGUNO APC BORNO NORTH

23 KAKA SHEHU LAWAN APC BORNO CENTRAL

24 MOHAMMED ALI NDUME APC BORNO SOUTH

25 JARIGBE A. JARIGBE PDP CROSS RIVER NORTH

26 WILLIAMS ETENG JONAH APC CROSS RIVER CENTRAL

27 EKPENYONG ASUQUO APC CROSS RIVER SOUTH

28 DAFINONE EDE OMUEYA APC DELTA CENTRAL

29 NWOKO CHINEDU MUNIR PDP DELTA NORTH

30 JOEL ONOWAKPO THOMAS APC DELTA SOUTH

31 NWEBONYI ONYEKA PETER APC EBONYI NORTH

32 EZE KENNETH EMEKA APC EBONYI CENTRAL

33 NWEZE DAVID UMAHI APC EBONYI SOUTH

4 OKPEBHOLO MONDAY APC EDO CENTRAL

35 ADAMS ALIYU OSHIOMOLE APC EDO NORTH

36 IMASUEN NEDA BERNARDS LP EDO SOUTH

37 FASUYI CYRIL OLUWOLE APC EKITI NORTH

8 BAMIDELE MICHAEL OPEYEMI APC EKITI CENTRAL

39 ADARAMODU ADEYEMI RAPHAEL APC EKITI SOUTH

40 KELVIN CHUKWU LP ENUGU EAST

41 NGWU OSITA PDP ENUGU WEST

42 EZEA OKECHUKWU LP ENUGU NORTH

43 MOHAMMED DANJUMA GOIE APC GOMBE CENTRAL

44 YARO ANTHONY SIYAKO PDP GOMBE SOUTH

45 DANKWAMBO, IBRAHIM HASSAN PDP GOMBE NORTH

46 ONYEWUCHI EZENWA FRANCIS LP IMO EAST

47 IZUNASO OSITA BONAVENTURE APC IMO WEST

48 NDUBUEZE PATRICK CHIWUBA APC IMO NORTH

49 KHABEEB MUSTAPHA PDP JIGAWA SOUTH WEST

50 ABDULHAMID MALLAM MADORI AHMED APC JIGAWA NORTH EAST

51 HUSSAINI BABANGIDA UBA APC JIGAWA NORTH WEST

52 KHALID IBRAHIM MUSTAPHA PDP KADUNA NORTH

53 LAWAL ADAMU USMAN PDP KADUNA CENTRAL

54 KATUNG SUNDAY MARSHAL PDP KADUNA SOUTH

55 SHEKARAU IBRAHIM NNPP KANO CENTRAL

56 BARAU L JIBRIN APC KANO NORTH

57 KAWU SULEIMAN ABDURRAHMAN NNPP KANO SOUTH

58 NASIR SANI ZANGON APC KATSINA NORTH

59 DANDUTSE MUNTARI MOHAMMED APC KATSINA SOUTH

60 ABDULAZIZ MUSA YARADUA APC KATSINA CENTRAL

61 YAHAYA ABDULLAHI PDP KEBBI NORTH

62 ADAMU MOHAMMED MAINASARA ALIERO PDP KEBBI CENTRAL

63 MUSA GARBA PDP KEBBI SOUTH

64 OHERE SADIKU ABUBAKAR APC KOGI CENTRAL

65 ISAH JIBRIN APC KOGI EAST

66 KARIMU SUNDAY STEVE APC KOGI WEST

67 UMAR SADIQ SULEIMAN APC KWARA NORTH

68 MUSTAPHA SALIU APC KWARA CENTRAL

69 ASHIRU OYELOLA YISA APC KWARA SOUTH

70 SANNI WASIU ESHILOKUN APC LAGOS CENTRAL

71 ABIRU MUKHAIL ADETOKUNBO APC LAGOS EAST

72 ADEBULE IDIAT OLURANTI APC LAGOS WEST

73 AKWASHIKI GODIYA SDP NASARAWA NORTH

74 ALIYU WADADA AHMED SDP NASARAWA WEST

75 ONAWO MOHAMMED PDP NASARAWA SOUTH

76 MUSA MOHAMMED SANI APC NIGER EAST

77 SANI BELLO ABUBAKAR APC NIGER NORTH

78 JIYA PETER NDALIKALI PDP NIGER SOUTH

79 SALISU SHUAIB AFOLABI APC OGUN CENTRAL

80 DANIEL JUSTUS OLUGBENGA APC OGUN EAST

81 ADEOLA SOLOMON OLAMILEKAN APC OGUN WEST

82 IPINSAGBA EMMANUEL OLAJIDE APC ONDO NORTH

83 ADEGBONM IRE. ADENIYI AYODELE APC ONDO CENTRAL

84 JIMOH IBRAHIM FOLORUNSHO APC ONDO SOUTH

85 FADEYI OLUWOLE OLUBIYI PDP OSUN CENTRAL

86 FADAHUNSI ADENIGBA FRANCIS PDP OSUN EAST

87 OYEWUMI KAMORUDEEN OLALERE PDP OSUN WEST

88 AKINTUNDE YUNUS ABIODUN APC OYO CENTRAL

89 BUHARI ABDULFATAI APC OYO NORTH

90 ALLI SHARAFADEEN ABIODUN APC OYO SOUTH

91 NAPOLEON BINKAP BALI PDP PLATEAU SOUTH

92 DIKET PLANG APC PLATEAU CENTRAL

93 MWADKWON SIMON DAVOU PDP PLATEAU NORTH

94 ONYESOH ALLWEL HEACHO PDP RIVERS EAST

95 MPIGI BARINADA PDP RIVERS SOUTH EAST

96 BANIGO IPALIBO HARRY PDP RIVERS WEST

97 IBRAHIM LAMIDO APC SOKOTO EAST

98 ALIYU WAMAKKO APC SOKOTO NORTH

99 AMINU TAMBUWAL PDP SOKOTO SOUTH

100 DAVID SU JIMKUTA APC TARABA SOUTH

101 MANU HARUNA PDP TARABA CENTRAL

102 ISA SHUAIBU LAU PDP TARABA NORTH

103 ALHAJI IBRAHIM GAIDAM APC YOBE EAST

104 AHMAD IBRAHIM LAWAN APC YOBE NORTH

105 IBRAHIM MOHAMMED BOMAI APC YOBE SOUTH

106 YAU SAHABI ALHAJI APC ZAMFARA NORTH

107 IKRA BILBIS PDP ZAMFARA CENTRAL

108 ABUBAKAR ABDULAZIZ YARI APC ZAMFARA WEST

109 KINGIBE IRETI HEEBAH LP FCT 

THE CABLE