WOMEN SENATORS VOTED OUT FROM OFFICE IN 2019 NIGERIA GENERAL ELECTIONS

The following women were ejected from the upper Chambers of the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria: the 9th Senate for the 2019 – 2013:

ABIODUN OLUJIMI, PDP, Ekiti-South:

The current Minority Leader of the Senate lost her seat to Dayo Adeyeye of the APC. From her debut as the National Publicity Secretary of the defunct NCPN, she moved to the Alliance for Democracy where she emerged its National Publicity Secretary. In 2002, she joined the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP from where she was appointed Special Assistant, to the Governor of Ekiti State. After a stint, subsequently as member, Federal House of Representatives, she emerged as the Deputy Governor of Ekiti State during Ayo Fayose’s first emergence as Governor in 2005. In 2015, she contested and won the elections for Senator representing Ekiti South Senatorial zone as a member of the PDP.

MONSURAT SUNMONU, ADC, Oyo Central Senatorial District:

Monsurat, first female speaker of Oyo State House of Assembly and Chair of the Senate’s Foreign Affairs Committee lost her seat to Teslim Folarin of the APC.

BINTA GARBA, APC, Adamawa North Senatorial District:

Binta, the only female member of the 8th Senate electing from all of the 19 States in the north of Nigeria, lost her seat to Ishaku Abbo of the PDP.  She scored 63, 219 votes while her opponent got 79, 37 votes. Binta is also the first female State Chairperson of a registered major political party in Nigeria having served as the Chairman, APC, Adamawa State. She was also a three-time former member, Federal House of Representatives serving three dispensations, from 1999 to 2011