Nominations for the senate presidency seat has been received for Former Akwa Ibom governor, Godswill Akpabio, and former governor of Zamfara State, Abdul’aziz Yari,
The contest is now between Yari, a former governor of Zamfara State and Akpabio, a former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs and ex-governor of Akwa Ibom State.
Akpabio and Yari are top-ranking chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Voting begun at exactly 08:45am on a state by state basis, alphabetically.