Akpabio swears in 4 new Senators

The four new Senators elected during last Saturday’s bye-elections have been sworn into the Senate. The lawmakers were elected to represent districts across Ondo, Nasarawa, Enugu, and Rivers States. They include Professor Francis Faduyile (APC, Ondo South) that replaces Jimoh Ibrahim, who is now the country’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Barrister Danladi […]

The four new Senators elected during last Saturday’s bye-elections have been sworn into the Senate.

The lawmakers were elected to represent districts across Ondo, Nasarawa, Enugu, and Rivers States.

They include Professor Francis Faduyile (APC, Ondo South) that replaces Jimoh Ibrahim, who is now the country’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Barrister Danladi Halilu Envulu-Anza (APC, Nasarawa North), who replaces Senator Godiya Akwashiki, who died in December 2025.

Others are Asogwa Ikeje Israel (APC, Enugu North), who replaces Senator Okey Ezea, who passed away in November 2025 and Olaka Nwogu (PDP, Rivers South East), who replaces Senator Barry Mpigi, who died in February, 2026.

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While praying for the repose of the souls of the departed lawmakers, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, who presided over the plenary, congratulated the newly inaugurated Senators.

Our correspondent reports that with the swearing in, the APC now has 88 members, ADC- 9, PDP- 5, NDC-4, APGA- 1, LP- 1 and Accord -1, totaling 109.