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Fidelis Agbiki, styled High Chief, is the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Bayelsa West Senatorial District in the Senate election of 16 January 2027 (INEC final list, 12 September 2026, which lists him as a 75-year-old man). He is from Isampou Ward 1 in Ekeremor Local Government Area and from Tarakiri Kingdom; Leadership (19 May 2026) describes him as a first-time senatorial contestant. According to a 2026…
Fidelis Agbiki, styled High Chief, is the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Bayelsa West Senatorial District in the Senate election of 16 January 2027 (INEC final list, 12 September 2026, which lists him as a 75-year-old man). He is from Isampou Ward 1 in Ekeremor Local Government Area and from Tarakiri Kingdom; Leadership (19 May 2026) describes him as a first-time senatorial contestant. According to a 2026 profile in The Sun, he trained as a lawyer, made his name as a broadcast journalist at the Nigerian Television Authority, served as chief press secretary to five military governors and administrators of the old Rivers State and to its second civilian governor, Chief Rufus Ada George, and later joined Shell Petroleum Development Company, rising to directorate level. In 2023 he was regent of Tarakiri Kingdom after the death of Pere Richardford Orukarebai Koroye, and oversaw the selection and coronation of the new Pere, Dr Seiyifa Koroye, in September 2023. By February 2026 he was an Ekeremor member of the Bayelsa APC's ward-congress committee. He won the APC's direct primary for Bayelsa West with 71,135 votes against four other aspirants (result declared at Sagbama on 18 May 2026) and received the party's certificate of nomination from Governor Douye Diri on 30 June 2026. His opponents in Bayelsa West include former governor and sitting senator Seriake Dickson of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC).
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Tarakiri Kingdom
Regent of Tarakiri Kingdom after the death of Pere Richardford Orukarebai Koroye (regent by the funeral rites, April 2023); oversaw the selection and coronation of Dr Seiyifa Koroye as Tarakiriowei VIII at Ebedebiri, Sagbama LGA, on the weekend of 9-10 September 2023.
All Progressives Congress · Bayelsa West · Bayelsa
constituency: Bayelsa West Senatorial District · also listed as: Agbiki Fidelis · INEC final list of candidates (Senate), published 2026-09-12 — SN 34, p.22; INEC name: AGBIKI FIDELIS; age 75; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): ST LUKES ANGLICAN SCH ESSI COLLEGE WARRI UNI OF SCIENCE AND TECH P .H · Primary: APC direct primary, Bayelsa West; result declared Monday 18 May…
constituency: Bayelsa West Senatorial District · also listed as: Agbiki Fidelis · INEC final list of candidates (Senate), published 2026-09-12 — SN 34, p.22; INEC name: AGBIKI FIDELIS; age 75; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): ST LUKES ANGLICAN SCH ESSI COLLEGE WARRI UNI OF SCIENCE AND TECH P .H · Primary: APC direct primary, Bayelsa West; result declared Monday 18 May 2026 at Sagbama by returning officer Pius Otia after collation from all 26 wards (poll day not published): Fidelis Agbiki 71,135; Henry Asamowei Ayamasowei 3,949; Donald Daunemigha 1,949; Edi Julius 885; Etete Timadi Bekeso 463 (The Nation, 20 May 2026). Certificate of nomination presented by Governor Douye Diri on 30 Jun 2026 (The Sun).
APC candidate for Bayelsa West (primary result declared 18 May 2026; INEC final list 12 September 2026); already listed as an Ekeremor member of the Bayelsa APC ward-congress committee on 13 February 2026; date joined not found
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Nigerian Television Authority (NTA)
Made his name as a broadcast journalist at NTA (The Sun profile, 3 Aug 2026); years not published.
Government of the old Rivers State
Chief press secretary to five military governors and administrators of the old Rivers State and to its second civilian governor, Chief Rufus Ada George (The Sun profile, 3 Aug 2026); years not published.
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Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC)
Joined Shell after public service and rose to directorate level (The Sun profile, 3 Aug 2026); years and exact title not published.
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