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Osho Olanrewaju

2027 senate primary

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Osho OlanrewajuTHE PERSON
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Federal Capital Territory
Federal territory
Federal Capital Territory
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Nigeria
Party recorded for this electionSocial Democratic PartySDP

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Olanrewaju Osho (INEC lists him surname-first as Osho Olanrewaju) is the Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate for the Federal Capital Territory Senatorial District in the Senate election of 16 January 2027 (INEC final list, 12 September 2026). INEC lists him as a 59-year-old man whose declared qualifications are the Primary School Leaving Certificate, WAEC/WASC, and B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees, with mass communication as the…

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Olanrewaju Osho (INEC lists him surname-first as Osho Olanrewaju) is the Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate for the Federal Capital Territory Senatorial District in the Senate election of 16 January 2027 (INEC final list, 12 September 2026). INEC lists him as a 59-year-old man whose declared qualifications are the Primary School Leaving Certificate, WAEC/WASC, and B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees, with mass communication as the field. He has contested the FCT Senate seat before. His own author notes in Premium Times opinion pieces (2021-2022) describe him as a development specialist, author and pastor, Executive Director of Inspire Nigeria Initiative, and the 2019 FCT senatorial candidate of the Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party (ANRP); that seat was won by Philip Aduda (PDP) in February 2019. He was the SDP candidate for the same seat in the election of 25 February 2023, which INEC's returning officer declared for Ireti Kingibe (LP) on 28 February 2023; his own vote total was not found. In September 2026 he presented a 2027 agenda to online editors in Abuja that included a proposed FCT Agriculture Research and Development Council, council flats in the six area councils and more National Assembly seats for the FCT. Details of his 2026 SDP primary were not found in public sources as of October 2026.

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2019

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Election participationReviewed record

2019 Senate election

Federal Capital Territory · FCT

Result
Lost
Recorded winner
Philip Aduda (PDP)

Candidate of the Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party (ANRP) for the FCT Senate seat in 2019, per the author notes of his own Premium Times op-eds (2021, 2022); in 2022 he told The Whistler "I ran 4 years ago". ANRP has no party record here, so party_acronym is empty. Returning officer Prof. Sani Saka declared Philip Aduda (PDP) winner with 263,055 votes; Jisalo Zephaniah (APC)…

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Candidate of the Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party (ANRP) for the FCT Senate seat in 2019, per the author notes of his own Premium Times op-eds (2021, 2022); in 2022 he told The Whistler "I ran 4 years ago". ANRP has no party record here, so party_acronym is empty. Returning officer Prof. Sani Saka declared Philip Aduda (PDP) winner with 263,055 votes; Jisalo Zephaniah (APC) 148,401 (Daily Post/NAN, 26 Feb 2019). Osho's own votes not found. 23 Feb 2019 is the National Assembly polling day ("Saturday's senatorial election").

Reviewed 6 Oct 2026

2023

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2023 Senate election

Social Democratic Party · Federal Capital Territory · FCT

Result
Lost
Recorded winner
Ireti Kingibe (LP)

SDP candidate for the FCT Senate seat (The Whistler, 6 Oct 2022 and 10 Feb 2023). Returning officer Prof. Sanni Saka declared Ireti Kingibe (LP) winner on 28 Feb 2023 with 202,175 votes; Philip Aduda (PDP) 100,544; Angulu Dobi (APC) 78,905 (Premium Times/NAN). Osho's own votes not found. SDP primary date not found.

Reviewed 6 Oct 2026

2027

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2027 Senate primary

Social Democratic Party · Federal Capital Territory · FCT

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Osho Olanrewaju

constituency: Federal Capital Territory Senatorial District · INEC final list of candidates (Senate), published 2026-09-12 — SN 18, p.49; INEC name: OSHO OLANREWAJU; age 59; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): PRIMARY SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE WAEC/WASC M.SC, B.SC. MASS COMMUNICATION · Primary: date, votes and opponents of the 2026 SDP FCT senatorial primary not found…

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constituency: Federal Capital Territory Senatorial District · INEC final list of candidates (Senate), published 2026-09-12 — SN 18, p.49; INEC name: OSHO OLANREWAJU; age 59; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): PRIMARY SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE WAEC/WASC M.SC, B.SC. MASS COMMUNICATION · Primary: date, votes and opponents of the 2026 SDP FCT senatorial primary not found (searched Oct 2026). TheFact Daily (7 Sep 2026) reports him as the SDP's 2027 FCT senatorial candidate at a media engagement in Abuja that Monday.

Reviewed 6 Oct 2026

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Declared to INEC (2027 final list): Primary School Leaving Certificate, WAEC/WASC, and B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees (printed "M.SC, B.SC. MASS COMMUNICATION"); institutions and years not published.

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Executive Director

Inspire Nigeria Initiative

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Executive Director of Inspire Nigeria Initiative per the author note of his own Premium Times op-ed of 2 June 2021 (self-description; not confirmed elsewhere). Start and end years not found.

Reviewed 6 Oct 2026
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Social Democratic Party (SDP)

SDP candidate for the FCT Senate seat in the 2023 election (reported by 6 October 2022) and again on INEC's final list for 2027 (12 September 2026); date joined not found. In 2019 he ran for the same seat on the Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party (ANRP), which has no party record here.

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Reviewed 6 Oct 2026
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