Polls: How parties stand in senatorial race

Nigerian Tribune

31 March 2011

Polls: How parties stand in senatorial race

Group Politics Editor, Taiwo Adisa, with reports from Jude Ossai and John Akpodovhan, examines the build-up to the Saturday polls as it affects the contest for senatorial seats in specific hotspots.

By the end of May, the tenure of the current set of senators would lapse and many of them would have to pave the way for new set of lawmakers. In some instances, some of the lawmakers who have changed party alignment may find their way back to the chamber bearing a new identity, while many new hands are sure to take position in the red chamber.

In the battlefield nationwide are candidates from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). The All Progressive grand Alliance (APGA). The Peoples Party of Nigeria (PPN), Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Labour Party (LP) and the Accord Party are also proving some challenges in states including Kwara, Anambra , Oyo, Ondo  and Ogun