Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has officially declared vacant, the seats of Senator Dave Umahi of Ebonyi South Senatorial District and Ibrahim Geidam of Yobe East Senatorial District following their assumption of office as ministers.
The Senate, therefore, asked the Independent National electoral commission (INEC) to conduct by-elections to fill the vacant seats immediately.
Both Umahi and Geidam were inaugurated as members of the 10th National Assembly in June but they resigned in August after President Bola Tinubu appointed them as members of his cabinet.
While Umahi is the Minister of Works, Geidam is the Minister of Police Affairs. Conversely, the former Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, resigned as Labour Minister to return to the Senate after a court verdict affirmed him the Senator for Plateau South.
Meanwhile, INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu on Monday, said re-run and bye-elections might be held across the country in February next year.
