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DOSSIER · SENATORUPDATED JUN 2026

Amos Yohanna

Senator, Adamawa North (Senatorial) · APC

Assessment Profile06

Senator Amos Yohanna assumed office on 25 October 2023 after the Court of Appeal nullified the election of his APC predecessor and declared him the rightful winner for Adamawa North. His public legislative record in the 10th Senate is thin but not absent: he successfully moved a floor motion on the 2024 flooding crisis in all five LGAs of Adamawa North and participated in Senate debate on the 2026 Adamawa attacks, with the Senate adopting resolutions on both occasions. He served as Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Niger Delta Affairs from late 2023 and was elevated to Chairman of the Committee on Regional Development in April 2026. His most notable integrity event is his March 2026 defection from the PDP — the party under whose platform he won his seat — to the ruling APC, citing internal PDP divisions. No independently verified constituency project delivery record has been located in the public domain, and no legal proceedings have been identified. Given a shortened initial term period of under two years before the defection, a first-term senator with modest but real floor participation, two confirmed committee roles, and no verifiable project delivery, the overall grade is C.

HIGHLOWCPromisesCLegislativeNRConstituencyDIntegrity
Legal Record07

No court or anti-graft case on public record in this archive as of compilation. Absence of a record is not a clearance.

This grade rates performance in office, not any person’s guilt. Criminal matters appear above only as their court status. How we grade.

Sources13
  1. 1I'll give Adamawa North responsible representation — YohannaBlueprint Newspapers · 2023-10-25
  2. 2Adamawa North senator assures constituents of quality, inclusive representationBlueprint Newspapers · 2023-10-25
  3. 3Adamawa North: Senate Swears In Yohanna As Abbo's ReplacementChannels Television · 2023-10-25
  4. 4Court sacks Abbo, declares PDP's Yohanna as Adamawa north senatorTheCable · 2023-10-16
  5. 5Appeal court sacks Adamawa senatorPremium Times · 2023-10-16
  6. 6Akpabio reshuffles leadership of Senate committeesPremium Times · 2023-11-01
  7. 7Senate demands immediate dredging of Niger, Benue RiversThe Guardian Nigeria · 2024-10-09
  8. 8Flooding: Dredge Rivers Niger, Benue now, Senate tells TinubuVanguard · 2024-10-09
  9. 9Gov Fintiri Hails Sen. Amos Yohanna's Elevation as Senate Committee Chairman on Regional DevelopmentAdamawa State Government · 2026-04-30
  10. 10Adamawa Violence: Nigerian Senate Orders Probe, Demands Swift Humanitarian ResponseTV360 Nigeria · 2026-04-29
  11. 11Adamawa North Senator Amos Yohanna quits PDP amid party crisisDaily Post Nigeria · 2026-03-03
  12. 12Three PDP Senators Defect To APC, Citing Party CrisisLeadership Newspaper · 2026-03-11
  13. 13Four Senators From Adamawa, Zamfara Dump PDP, Defect To Ruling APCSahara Reporters · 2026-03-11