2027 · GubernatorialAPM
Onawo Mohammed Ogoshi & Dangana Faith
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Onawo Mohammed Ogoshi
Senator for Nasarawa South Senatorial District, Nasarawa State
This term: 13 Jun 2023–present
THE PERSON- Senatorial district
- Nasarawa South
- State
- Nasarawa
- Country
- Nigeria
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Onawo Mohammed Ogoshi (styled Mohammed Ogoshi Onawo in the press; INEC prints the surname first) is the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) governorship candidate in Nasarawa State for the election of 6 February 2027 (INEC final list, 10 October 2026), with Dangana Faith as his running mate. INEC lists him as a 74-year-old man whose declared qualifications are a first school leaving certificate and SSCE. He is the serving senator…
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Onawo Mohammed Ogoshi (styled Mohammed Ogoshi Onawo in the press; INEC prints the surname first) is the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) governorship candidate in Nasarawa State for the election of 6 February 2027 (INEC final list, 10 October 2026), with Dangana Faith as his running mate. INEC lists him as a 74-year-old man whose declared qualifications are a first school leaving certificate and SSCE. He is the serving senator for Nasarawa South, elected on the PDP ticket and in office since 13 June 2023. He is a former Speaker of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly and, according to Daily Trust, has won elections five times: twice to the Assembly for Doma North, twice to the House of Representatives for Awe/Doma/Keana and once to the Senate (about 16 years in the legislature before 2023, by his own account). In 2018 the PDP governorship candidate David Ombugadu named him running mate; the PDP ticket polled 184,281 votes to the APC's 327,229 on 9 March 2019, and the Supreme Court dismissed Ombugadu's appeal on 18 December 2019. Onawo did not get the 2019 PDP senatorial ticket, won it on 23 May 2022 (88 votes to Mike Omeri's 76) and defeated Senator Tanko Al-Makura in the 2023 election (93,064 votes to 76,813); Al-Makura withdrew his tribunal petition on 3 June 2023. He chairs the Senate Committee on Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy. The PDP suspended him and two other chieftains indefinitely over its Nasarawa congresses (Daily Trust, 28 March 2020), and in September 2024 he led 16 PDP members to the Doma High Court, which restrained the party's congresses; a May 2025 report says an appeal judgment went against his faction. He resigned from the PDP on 10 January 2026, was among nine senators whose move to the ADC was announced in the Senate on 12 March 2026, and lost the ADC governorship primary (15,282 votes to Nuhu Angbazo's 23,931), which he called a sham. He left the ADC with effect from 15 June 2026 and joined the APM (his letter was read in the Senate on 7 July 2026). On 12 September 2026 APM delegates in Lafia affirmed him as candidate after the party's earlier candidate and state chairman, Mohammed Auwal, withdrew; INEC's 10 October list carries him.
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2003
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDElection participationReviewed record
2003 State Assembly election
Peoples Democratic Party · Doma North · Nasarawa
- Result
- Won
- Recorded winner
- Mohammed Ogoshi Onawo
First of two wins for Doma North (Daily Trust 12 Jan 2026: two Assembly wins, then two Reps wins, then the Senate; 16 years in the legislature before the Senate, Daily Trust 3 Mar 2023). Election year inferred from that sequence: 2003 and 2007. Poll day and votes not found.
ElectedReviewed record
State House of Assembly Member
Doma North · Nasarawa
Took office
Service ended
- Status
- Ended
- Party on this record
- PDP
Recorded periods in this office: 3 Jun 2003 – 5 Jun 2007 (PDP); 5 Jun 2007 – 6 Jun 2011 (PDP).
2007
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDElection participationReviewed record
2007 State Assembly election
Peoples Democratic Party · Doma North · Nasarawa
- Result
- Won
- Recorded winner
- Mohammed Ogoshi Onawo
Second Doma North win; year inferred from the 2003-2019 sequence. Poll day and votes not found.
2011
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDElection participationReviewed record
2011 House of Representatives election
Peoples Democratic Party · Awe/Doma/Keana · Nasarawa
- Result
- Won
- Recorded winner
- Mohammed Ogoshi Onawo
First of two Awe/Doma/Keana wins (Daily Trust 12 Jan 2026); year inferred from the 2003-2019 sequence. Poll day and votes not found.
ElectedReviewed record
Federal Representative
Awe/Doma/Keana · Nasarawa
Took office
Service ended
- Status
- Ended
- Party on this record
- PDP
Recorded periods in this office: 6 Jun 2011 – 9 Jun 2015 (PDP); 9 Jun 2015 – 11 Jun 2019 (PDP).
2015
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDElection participationReviewed record
2015 House of Representatives election
Peoples Democratic Party · Awe/Doma/Keana · Nasarawa
- Result
- Won
- Recorded winner
- Mohammed Ogoshi Onawo
Second Awe/Doma/Keana win; in 2017 Daily Trust calls him a two-term member of the House of Representatives. Poll day and votes not found.
2019
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDParty primaryReviewed record
2019 Senate primary
Peoples Democratic Party · Nasarawa South · Nasarawa
- Primary result
- Lost
- What this establishes
- A party-stage result, not election to public office
Sought the PDP Nasarawa South senatorial ticket for 2019 and did not get it (his own account, NAN 25 Mar 2021); the PDP then named him David Ombugadu's running mate (Daily Post 6 Nov 2018). Primary day, votes and winner not found.
Election participationReviewed record
2019 Deputy-governorship election
Peoples Democratic Party · Nasarawa
- Result
- Lost
- Votes
- 184,281
- Vote share
- 27.47%
- Recorded winner
- Abdullahi Sule
Running mate to David Ombugadu on the PDP ticket (named 6 Nov 2018). INEC declared Sule (APC) winner on 11 Mar 2019: APC 327,229, PDP 184,281 of 670,879 valid votes (27.47% computed). Ombugadu and the PDP petitioned the tribunal; the Supreme Court dismissed their appeal on 18 Dec 2019. Onawo is not named as a petitioner in the reports.
2022
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDParty primaryReviewed record
2023 Senate primary
Peoples Democratic Party · Nasarawa South · Nasarawa
- Primary result
- Won
- What this establishes
- A party-stage result, not election to public office
- Votes
- 88
- Recorded winner
- Mohammed Ogoshi Onawo
PDP Nasarawa South senatorial primary, Monday 23 May 2022: Onawo 88 votes, Mike Omeri 76, of over 164 votes cast by delegates.
2023
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDElection participationReviewed record
2023 Senate election
Peoples Democratic Party · Nasarawa South · Nasarawa
- Result
- Won
- Votes
- 93,064
- Recorded winner
- Mohammed Ogoshi Onawo
Defeated Senator Tanko Al-Makura (APC, 76,813) and was declared elected by the returning officer on Monday 27 Feb 2023 (Premium Times). Poll day is INEC's national poll day (the report gives the declaration day only). INEC's 2023 candidate list (SN 763, age 70) carries the same name. Al-Makura withdrew his tribunal petition on 3 Jun 2023.
ElectedReviewed record
Senator
Nasarawa South · Nasarawa
- Status
- Current term
- Party on this record
- APM
- Term
- 10th National Assembly
2026
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDParty membershipReviewed record
African Democratic Congress (ADC)
Defection from the PDP announced at the Senate plenary of 12 Mar 2026 (nine senators); resigned from the ADC with effect from 15 Jun 2026 after losing the ADC governorship primary. Daily Trust says he had been identifying with the ADC since July 2025.
Party membershipReviewed record
Allied Peoples Movement (APM)
Joined the APM (defection letter read at the Senate on 7 Jul 2026; received at the APM national secretariat, party statement 9 Jul 2026); APM governorship candidate in Nasarawa on INEC's final list (10 October 2026).
Current affiliation in the reviewed membership record.
Party primaryReviewed record
2027 Governorship primary
Allied Peoples Movement · Nasarawa
- Primary result
- Won
- What this establishes
- A party-stage result, not election to public office
- Recorded winner
- Onawo Mohammed Ogoshi
INEC final list of candidates (Governorship, Nasarawa State), published 2026-10-10 — SN 5; INEC name: ONAWO MOHAMMED OGOSHI; age 74; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE SSCE; running mate: Dangana Faith · Primary: APM special delegates congress, Lafia, Saturday 12 Sep 2026 - affirmed by voice vote on a motion by Ahmed Dogara (no vote…
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INEC final list of candidates (Governorship, Nasarawa State), published 2026-10-10 — SN 5; INEC name: ONAWO MOHAMMED OGOSHI; age 74; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE SSCE; running mate: Dangana Faith · Primary: APM special delegates congress, Lafia, Saturday 12 Sep 2026 - affirmed by voice vote on a motion by Ahmed Dogara (no vote count reported) after the party's earlier candidate and state chairman (Dr/Engr Mohamed/Mohammed Auwal in Punch/Blueprint; INEC's 29-30 Aug 2026 draft list and Daily Trust print him as Mohammed Awwal Suleiman) withdrew; Blueprint and Leadership describe it as a substitution under the Electoral Act. INEC's final list (10 Oct 2026) names Onawo (INEC followed). Earlier in 2026 he lost the ADC governorship primary (reported 27 May 2026): Nuhu Angbazo 23,931, Mohammed Hassan Abdullahi 18,197, Onawo 15,282, Osana Odonye 4,797; he called it a sham and left the ADC (resignation effective 15 Jun 2026) for the APM.
2027
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDCandidacyReviewed record
Contested for Governor
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- Contesting
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KEPT OUTSIDE THE DATED CHRONOLOGYCommittee & oversightReviewed record
Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy
Chair · Senate
The end of this committee role is not recorded.
Education from the profileProfile record
Education on record
Declared to INEC (2027 governorship final list, Nasarawa State): first school leaving certificate and SSCE; institutions and years not published.
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Party membershipReviewed record
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
PDP member for many years (Assembly, House of Representatives, 2019 deputy governorship candidate, 2023 senator); resigned by letter dated 10 Jan 2026. Joining date not found.
Working lifeReviewed record
Speaker
Nasarawa State House of Assembly
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- Government
Former Speaker of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly (Daily Trust 12 Jan 2026; Independent/NAN 25 Mar 2021). Years in the chair not found in a citable source; he was an Assembly member for Doma North across two terms.
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