List of All 47 Senatorial Aspirants Not Cleared by APC
ABUJA, NIGERIA – MAY 18, 2026
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has released the names of 47 senatorial aspirants who were not cleared ahead of the party’s primary elections across several states of the federation.
The list, which cuts across multiple senatorial districts, includes former lawmakers, political figures, and party chieftains from Adamawa, Anambra, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, the FCT, Jigawa, Kebbi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Oyo, Taraba, Plateau, Rivers, Yobe, and Zamfara states.
Among the notable names on the list are former Bayelsa East Senator, Ben Murray-Bruce, former Rivers State secretary to the state government, Tamunobaabo Danagogo, and businessman Tein Jack-Rich.
The full list of aspirants not cleared by the APC is as follows:
• Hon. Hamish Idris – Adamawa North Senatorial District
• Hon. Abdurman Kwacham – Adamawa North Senatorial District
• Chimzobam Kingsley Nnalue – Anambra North Senatorial District
• Donald Daunemigita – Bayelsa West Senatorial District
• Sen. Ben Murray-Bruce – Bayelsa East Senatorial District
• Sen. Benson S. Agadaga – Bayelsa East Senatorial District
• Daniel Effiong Asuquo – Cross River South Senatorial District
• Oden Ibiang O. Ewa – Cross River Central Senatorial District
• Dr. Marian Nnamaka Ogoh-Ali – Delta North Senatorial District
• Sen. Usman J. Wowo – FCT
• Abubakar Umar Abdullahi – FCT
• Adam Mouktar Mohammed – Jigawa South/West Senatorial District
• Sen. Garba Musa Mai Doki – Kebbi South Senatorial District
• Kollo B. Jiya – Kwara North Senatorial District
• Amb. Olutola John Onijala – Kwara South Senatorial District
• Awolola Muritala – Kwara South Senatorial District
• Adeleke Emmanuel Gbenga – Kwara South Senatorial District
• Abdullahi Tanko Zubairu – Nasarawa North Senatorial District
• Usman Muhammed Elegu – Nasarawa South Senatorial District
• Alhaji Dr. Yusuf Moh’d Agabi – Nasarawa South Senatorial District
• Ari Ali Muhammed – Nasarawa South Senatorial District
• Muhammed Rabiu Sadiq – Niger South Senatorial District
• Hon. Muhammed Bello A. – Niger South Senatorial District
• Bello Bawa Bwari – Niger South Senatorial District
• Ademola Wasiu Alli – Oyo Central Senatorial District
• Ajimobi Wasiu Adegboyega – Oyo North Senatorial District
• Mr. Kolapoboye Kola Daisi – Oyo South Senatorial District
• Faozey Oladotun Nurudeen – Oyo Central Senatorial District
• Hon. Hameed Afeez Repete – Oyo Central Senatorial District
• Amb. Pst. Akinremi Alade Bolaji – Oyo South Senatorial District
• Bello Abdullahi Bodejo – Taraba Central Senatorial District
• Gyang Yaya Zi San – Plateau North Senatorial District
• Napoleon Binkap Bah – Plateau South Senatorial District
• Usman Ephraim Gar – Plateau Central Senatorial District
• Oyukaye Flag Amachree – Rivers West Senatorial District
• Chief Dr. Tamunobaabo Wemike Danagogo – Rivers West Senatorial District
• Jack-Rich Tein T.S – Rivers West Senatorial District
• Banigo Ipalibo – Rivers West Senatorial District
• Chief Barry Balera Mwara – Rivers South/East Senatorial District
• Hon. Hassan H. Kafayos – Yobe North Senatorial District
• Sanusi Ibrahim Garachi – Zamfara Central Senatorial District
• Aliyu Abubakar – Zamfara Central Senatorial District
• Muhammad Bashir Maru – Zamfara Central Senatorial District
• Hassan Muhammad Gusau – Zamfara Central Senatorial District
• Abubakar H. Moriiki – Zamfara North Senatorial District
• Bilyaminu Yusuf – Zamfara North Senatorial District
• Isyaka Ajiya Anka – Zamfara West Senatorial District
Party officials are yet to provide detailed reasons for the non-clearance of the affected aspirants, though the development has generated reactions within several state chapters ahead of the APC primaries.
