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DOSSIER · SENATORUPDATED JUN 2026

Anthony Siyako Yaro

Senator, Gombe South (Senatorial) · PDP

Assessment Profile06

Senator Anthony Siyako Yaro was elected to represent Gombe South Senatorial District on the PDP platform in February 2023, polling 97,956 votes against APC's 36,879. His public legislative footprint in the 10th Senate is thin: he holds a Vice Chairmanship on the Senate Committee on Diaspora and NGO but was listed among senators characterised as 'silent' in a Daily Trust audit of the 10th Assembly's first two years. One verified bill — SB 919, a Constitution Alteration Bill submitted for First Reading in October 2025 — and one notable motion — calling for a joint security taskforce after December 2024 banditry killings in Billiri LGA — constitute the bulk of his traceable chamber output. Constituency delivery evidence is limited to self-reported scholarship awards to approximately 500 students at health and vocational institutions serving Gombe South. The most consequential integrity event is a double mid-term party switch: he defected from PDP to APC in April 2026 and returned to PDP in May 2026 after losing the APC senatorial ticket for 2027. An unverified social-media claim of a further move to an ADC coalition had not been corroborated by major newsrooms at the time of compilation. No EFCC, ICPC, or court proceeding has been identified against him. The overall picture is of a low-output first-term senator whose most newsworthy acts have been partisan rather than legislative.

HIGHLOWNRPromisesDLegislativeDConstituencyDIntegrity
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.

Sources14
  1. 1INEC concludes collation in Gombe, announces NASS resultsVoice of Nigeria · 2023-02-27
  2. 22023 Nigerian Senate elections in Gombe StateWikipedia
  3. 3Gombe senator leaves APC, returns to PDP after losing ticketTheCable · 2026-05-11
  4. 410th National Assembly Third Session No. 33 — Senate Order Paper, Tuesday 21 October 2025NALTF · 2025-10-21
  5. 5Gombe killings: Senate asks DSS, police, army to investigate attacksDaily Trust
  6. 6Ex-govs, 37 others 'silent' in 10th SenateDaily Trust
  7. 710th Senate and its 74 standing committeesBlueprint Newspapers
  8. 8Senator Anthony Yaro: Making Gombe Proud in the 10th SenatePolitics Digest Nigeria
  9. 9Anthony Siyako Yaro — ShineYourEye profileShineYourEye
  10. 10Senator Anthony Siyako Yaro dumps PDP for APC in GombeTribune Online · 2026-04-24
  11. 11Gombe Senator Yaro defects from PDP to APCBlueprint Newspapers · 2026-04-24
  12. 12Gombe Senator Rejects consensus arrangement, resigns from APCDaily Trust · 2026-05-11
  13. 13PDP clears Gombe senator Dankwambo for 2027 National Assembly primariesDaily Post Nigeria · 2026-05-21
  14. 14ADC Vanguard tweet: Senator Anthony Siyako Yaro set to declare for ADC coalitionADC Vanguard on X (Twitter) · 2026-06-01