2023 General Elections: Know Your Presidential, Senatorial, House Of Reps Candidates -

Wale Jagun

In the next 24 hours, Nigerians will be going to the poll to elect a President that will take over from President Muhammadu Buhari, after the expiration of his tenure on May 29.

Contesting for the exalted position are 18 candidates with their running mates on different political platforms. For this election, about 400, 000 eligible voters in Ikorodu Local Government which is also a division in Lagos State, would be joining over 80million other electorate across the states of the federation to elect their preferred choice.

In the race for the Lagos East Senatorial District are eight contestants and Ikorodu is part of the 16 Local Government and Local Council Development Areas that are going to be determining if the incumbent, Sen. Tokunbo Abiru would be re – elected or replaced with another person.

Only eight parties are fielding candidates for the sole seat of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives which is presently being occupied by Rep. Babajimi Adegoke Benson (APC) who is seeking re – election for third term.

Below are names, parties, sex, age and qualifications of Presidential, Senatorial and House of Representatives candidates that will be going to the poll on February 25, 2023:

Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates

IMUMOLEN IRENE CHRISTOPHER (A Presidential Candidate)
38, Male, SSC, BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING (MECHANICAL ENGINEERING)

BELLO BALA MARU, Vice Presidential Candidate
59, M, SSC BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (TEXILE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY)

ALMUSTAPHA HAMZA (AA Presidential Candidate)
62, Male, F.L.S.C., WAEC, NDACE

JOHNSON EMMANUEL CHUKWUKA, AA, Vice Presidential Candidate
45, Male, WAEC

SOWORE OMOYELE STEPHEN (AAC Presidential Candidate)
51, M, FSLC, WAEC MASTER’S DEGREE

MAGASHI HARUNA GARBA, AAC Vice Presidential Candidate)
45, Male, FSLC SSCE LLB

KACHIKWU DUMEBI (ADC Presidential Candidate)
48, Male, FLSC WAEC

BUHARI MUHAMMED
AHMED (ADC Vice- Presidential Candidate)
40, Male, FSLC SSC

SANI YABAGI YUSUF (ADP Presidential)
68, Male, FSLC SECONDARY SCHOOLCERTIFICATE BSC

UDO OKEY OKORO (ADP Vice- Presidential)
50, Male, FSLC SSCE BSC

TINUBU BOLA AHMED (APC Presidential)
70, Male, BSC BUSINESS AND ADMINISTRATION

SHETTIMA KASHIM (APC Vice- Presidential)
55, Male, PRIMARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATEGENERAL, CERTIFICATE 0F EDUCATION (B.Sc) AGRICULTURE

UMEADI PETER NNANNA CHUKWUDI (APGA Presidential
,67 Male, ST. MACHAEL’S PRIMARY SCHOOL, UMUAHIA WAEC, CHRIST THE KING COLLEGE, ONITSHA, LL.B (HONS), BL. UNN AND NIGERIA LAW SCHOOL LAGOS

MOHAMMED ABDULLAHI KOLI (APGA Vice-Presidential)
65, Male. NASARUPRIM SCHOOL WAEC, DSS BAUCHI HND, CASS/ ABU KADUN

OJEI PRINCESS CHICHI (APM Presidential)
44, FEMALE, AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL (AIS) AIS/AGOS, LEROSEY ROLLE, SWITZERLAND

IBRAHIM MOHAMMED (APM Vice-Presidential)
47, MALE, FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE SECONDARY SCHOOL, HIGHER NATIONAL
DIPLOMA.

NNADI CHARLES OSITA (APP Presidential)
49, Male, FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATE

HAMISU ISAH (APP Vice-Presidential)
45, Male, FIRST SCHOOL LEAVINGCERTIFICATE SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATE ND

ADENUGA SUNDAY OLUWAFEMI (BP Presidential)
None 48 M FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE SSCE MASTER OF SCIENCE

MUSTAPHA USMAN TURAKI (BP Vice-Presidential)
36, MALE, FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE NABTEB KANO STATE POLYTECHINIC.

OBI PETER GREGORY (LP Presidential)
61, MALE, FSLC WASC/GCE Degree

BABA AHMED YUSUF DATTI (LP Vice-Presidential)
53, Male, FSLC GCE PhD.

MUSA MOHAMMED RABIU KWANKWASO (NNPP Presidential)
66, Male, FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE TECHNICAL TRAINING CERTIFICATE CRAFT
TRAINING CERT, OND, HND, POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA, MASTERS OF SCIENCE (MSc), PHD (WATER)

ODIRI IDAHOSA, ISAAC (NNPP Vice-Presidential)
57, Male, FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE WASC CERT. AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING,
BACHELORS DEGREE, MASTERS, DOCTORATE.

OSAKWE FELIX JOHNSON (NRM Presidential)
57, Male, NABTEB (NBC/NTC & ANBC/ANTC) FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE B.A MSc

KYABO YAHAYA MUHAMMAD ((NRM Vice-Presidential)
72, Male, FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE SSCE.

ABUBAKAR ATIKU (PDP Presidential)
75, Male, GCE MASTERS

OKOWA ARTHUR IFEANYI (PDP Vice-Presidential)
63, Male, HSC MBB

ABIOLA LATIFU KOLAWOLE (PRP Presidential)
60, Male, SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE, WAEC BSC. MBA & MSC.

ZEGO HARO HARUNA (PRP Vice-Presidential)
49, Male, F.S.L.C WAEC.

ADEBAYO ADEWOLE EBENEZER (SDP Presidential)
50, Male, FLSC, SSCE, LLB

BUHARI YUSUF (SDP Vice-Presidential)
50, Male, FLSC, SSCE, MSC.

ADO-IBRAHIM ABDULMALIK (YPP Presidential)
58, Male, PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ECONOMICS

ENYINNA MICHAEL KASARACHI (YPP Vice-Presidential)
44, Male, FIRST LEAVING CERTIFICATE, WAEC, BSC.

NWANYANWU DANIEL DABERECHUKWU (ZLP Presidential)
62, Male, WEST AFRICAN SCHOOL CERTIFICATE BACHELOR OF LAWS

ABUBAKAR JIBRIN IBRAHIM RAMALAN (ZLP Vice-
Presidential)
55, Male, DIPLOMA IN LAW

Candidates For Lagos East Senatorial District:

IMUMOLEN EHIJELE BENEDICT (A Senatorial Candidate)
40, Male BACHELOR OF SCIENCE EDUCATION
ASHIRU GEORGE OLALEKAN HONEY (ADC Senatorial Candidate)
56, Male, FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE SECONDARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATE, BACHELOR DEGREE
OLOWOLAYEMO TEMITOPE TEMITAYO (BP Senatorial Candidate)
52, Female, Primary Leaving Certificate, WASC B.A (ED)
LAWAL NURUDEEN FOLOHUNSHO (NNPP Senatorial Candidate)
41, Male, FSLC, SSCE
EDIALE O. CHRISTOPHER (NRM Senatorial Candidate)
56, Male, WAEC B.SC
AKOBADA NICHOLAS ADEKUNLE (PDP Senatorial Candidate)
54, Male WASSC, B.Sc
Senate OLUWARANMILOW MAYOWA (SDP Senatorial Candidate)
46, Male, WAEC
OBADIARU CHARLES IMUENOGHOMWEN (YPP Senatorial Candidate)
66, Male, FSLC, WAEC.