Godswill Akpabio, senator representing Akwa Ibom North-West, has been elected as the senate president.
He defeated Abdulaziz Yari, senator representing Zamfara Central, to win the election on Tuesday.
Akpabio polled 63 votes, while Yari scored 46 votes.
The former minister of Niger Delta affairs was the preferred candidate of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the contest.
