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The Nigerian political atmosphere is always charged. Long before the electioneering period, politicians are always preparing for the next elections.
In four years time, Nigerians will be returning to the polls. Many will queue to vote their representatives at various levels of government.
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Political analysts are already projecting the politicians that will contest in various positions at different levels of governance.
One occurrence that is prominent in Nigeria’s political firmament is a situation where senators elected in the upper chamber of the Nigerian legislature, use their position as an opportunity to contest for the governorship position in their various states.
Unlike in the United States of America where it is the other way round. A senator is seen to be higher and more important politically than a governor. In Nigeria, the scenario is totally different.
Infact, governors in Nigeria, after 8 years in power, see the senate as a retirement plan for themselves. The battle for states is more intense because of the control of resources. To put it more succinctly, governors here are demi-gods that even senators bow at their feet.
Naij.com bring to you 5 senators who have not hidden their desire to govern their various states and will most likely contest for the position when the opportunity presents itself.
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1. Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi state): Kogi state will actually hold its own gubernatorial polls early next year. The handover date from the current administration in Kogi State is scheduled for 27th January, 2016. Senator Melaye has formally declared to be part of the contest, which came as a surprise to political watchers in the state as his god-father and former governor of the state, Prince Abubakar Audu is also in the race. It remains to be seen whether Melaye is a pretender or contender for the race to Kogi government house.
2. Senator Ajayi Borrofice (Ondo state): 66 -year Senator Borrofice is a renowned professor of zoology. Currently, in his second stint as a senator, Borrofice fell out with Ondo state governor, Olusegun Mimiko, while they were both in the Labour Party, and moved to the All Progressives Congress (PDP). The senator representing Ondo North in the Nigeria senate, stepped down for Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu in the 2012 governorship election in the state. He has reportedly not shelved his ambition to succeed Mimiko. Rumours abound in Ondo state that he is already oiling his political machinery for the election in the state which is meant to hold next year.
3. Senator Hope Uzodinma (Imo state): A grounded politician in Imo state, Uzodinma decamped from the PDP in the 2003 to contest for the governorship election in the state then. He was the governorship candidate of the Alliance for Democracy after he fell out with the then governor, Achike Udenwa. He was re-elected this year to the upper chamber and there are rumours in the south eastern state that Uzodinma will throw himself into the race again to succeed Governor Rochas Okorocha in the year 2019.
4. Senator Lanre Tejuosho (Ogun state): Call him a political disciple of Governor Ibikunle Amosun and you won’t be wrong. Senator Tejuosho has been with the governor through thick and thin. He served under Amosun twice as a commissioner before his elevation to the National Assembly. Political analysts in Ogun state are tipping him as one of those the governor will favour to succeed him in 2019.
5. Senator Usman Bayero Nafada (Gombe state): A former deputy speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives under Honourable Dimeji Bankole, Nafada lost out in the governorship primaries of the PDP in the 2011 elections to incumbent governor, Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo. Afterwards, Nafada joined his political god-father and former governor, Danjuma Goje in the APC. Now a senator, Nafada still has an interest in the governorship seat and will most likely give it a shot again in the year 2019.
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