The deputy president of the Nigerian Senate is the second highest-ranking member of the Senate of Nigeria, after the President of the Senate. The current deputy president is Barau Jibrin of the All Progressives Congress. The deputy president presides over the senate in the absence of the senate president. The deputy president is elected by a majority of the Senate.
List of Deputy Senate Presidents +Deputy Senate Presidents of Nigeria Deputy Senate President Term PartyAdeniji Adele II1 October 1960 – 12 July 1964MGAAmos M Olaleye1964 – 15 January 1966John Wash Pam1 October 1979 – December 1983NPPMamman Abubakar Danmusa1 October 1983 – 31 December 1983NPN Albert Legogie 5 December 1992 – 17 November 1993 SDP Haruna Abubakar 3 June 1999 – 18 November 1999 PDP Ibrahim Mantu 10 August 2001 – 5 June 2007 PDP Ike Ekweremadu 5 June 2007 – 9 June 2019 PDPObarisi Ovie Omo-Agege 11 June 2019 – 11 June 2023 APCBarau Jibrin 13 June 2023 – present APC
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