Wasiu Eshinlokun-Sanni
Senator, Lagos Central (Senatorial) · APC
Senator Wasiu Eshinlokun-Sanni was sworn into the 10th Senate on 13 June 2023 representing Lagos Central, succeeding former First Lady Oluremi Tinubu who had nominated him as her successor. He won the February 2023 election with 131,828 votes and successfully defended that mandate before both the election tribunal and the Court of Appeal after the Labour Party filed a petition against his return. At the Senate he chairs the Committee on Marine Transport, a role that leverages his Lagos Island waterfront constituency and his years as Lagos State Deputy Speaker. His principal bill, the Nigerian Coast Guard (Establishment) Bill, 2024, passed second reading in October 2024 but attracted strong opposition at the December 2024 public hearing from the Nigerian Navy, lawmakers, and civil-society groups, and its legislative fate remains unresolved. On constituency delivery, the clearest documented intervention is the January 2026 donation of a digital X-ray machine to General Hospital Odan in collaboration with the Nigerian Ports Authority, accompanied by a N1 billion hospital-upgrade pledge; he has also run an annual elderly cash scheme, rehabilitated Ladejobi Street in Ijora, and provided transformers to communities in Lagos Island and Eti-Osa. No criminal charges, EFCC or ICPC proceedings have been publicly reported against him. The overall record is consistent but thin on independently verified legislative output beyond committee oversight work, and his headline bill remains pending after public-hearing opposition, warranting a mixed assessment.
No court or anti-graft case on public record in this archive as of compilation. Absence of a record is not a clearance.
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- 1Lagos Central ticket: Deputy Speaker, Wasiu Sanni beats ex-Minister Demola SerikiDaily Post Nigeria · 2022-05-28
- 2APC clears 3 senate seats, wins 20 of 24 Reps seats in LagosVanguard News · 2023-02-27
- 3Lagos: Tribunal upholds election of Eshinlokun as SenatorTribune Online
- 4Lagos Central: Appeal Court affirms APC's Eshinlokun-Sanni as winnerVanguard News · 2023-09-01
- 5Ocean Ambassadors Welcome Sen Wasiu Eshinlokun as Chairman Senate Committee on MarineDaily Trend · 2023-08-08
- 6Bill to establish Nigerian Coast Guard scales second reading in SenateVanguard News · 2024-10-15
- 7Bill To Establish Nigerian Coast Guard Scales Second Reading In SenateTori.ng · 2024-10-15
- 10NPA proposes N1.489trn revenue for 2026Vanguard News · 2026-03-01
- 11Lagos senator partners NPA to boost diagnostic care at General Hospital, OdanChampion Newspapers · 2026-01-08
- 12Lawmaker, Ports Authority Support Lagos General Hospital With EquipmentLeadership Newspaper · 2026-01-01
- 13Eshinlokun, NPA donate modern X-Ray equipment to historic General Hospital Odan-LagosWestern Post · 2026-01-01
- 14Eshilokun's impactful leadership strides: Lagos Central attains New HeightGlobal Report · 2024-12-01
- 1511th Town Hall Meeting of Senator Wasiu Eshilokun Sanni at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Onikan, LagosLagos Island LG · 2026-05-11
- 16Senator Wasiu Sanni Eshilokun Elected National Chairman of Forum of Former Presiding Officers of State Houses of AssemblyWasiu Eshilokun Sanni (official X account) · 2025-06-01
- 17Wasiu SanniWikipedia
- 18Wasiu Eshilokun emerges APC consensus candidate for Lagos Central senatorial seatDaily Post Nigeria · 2026-05-18
- 19Lagos Central 2027: Kola-Lawal steps down for Eshilokun, backs APC consensusThe Nation Newspaper · 2026-05-18
- 20Remi Tinubu receives Lagos SenatorsFreedom Online · 2024-03-01