The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the final list of presidential candidates and their running mates for the 2027 general elections, with 18 political parties fielding candidates for the presidency.
The list, signed by the Secretary to the Commission, Rose Oriaran-Anthony, was released on Saturday in Abuja.
The final list features some of the country’s prominent political figures, including President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Peter Gregory Obi of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC), Omoyele Sowore of the African Action Congress (AAC) and Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM).
Other presidential candidates on the list are Adewole Ebenezer Adebayo of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Donald Duke of the People’s Redemption Party (PRP), Sunday Chibuzo Okereke of the Labour Party (LP), Sandy Ojang Onor of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Rufai Adekunle Omo-Aje of the Action Alliance (AA) and Aliyu Abbas-Bin of the Action Democratic Party (ADP).
The remaining candidates are Kabiru Yusuf of the Allied Peoples Party (APP), Sunday Adenuga of the Boot Party (BP), Moses Olusoji Adebisi of the Democratic Leadership Alliance (DLA), Ada Elizabeth Fredrick Okwori of the National Democratic Party (NDP), Nkem Esther Okereke of the National Rescue Movement (NRM), Peter Ada Agada of the Young Progressive Party (YPP) and Daniel Daberechukwu Nwanyanwu of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP).
According to the commission, 16 of the 18 presidential candidates are male, while two are female.
The two female presidential candidates are Ada Elizabeth Fredrick Okwori of the NDP and Nkem Esther Okereke of the NRM.
INEC also listed 18 vice-presidential candidates, comprising 14 men and four women.
The female running mates are Peace Egobia Ofordile of the APP, Nafisat Usaku Abubakar of the DLA, Hajja Bintu Konto of the LP and Patience Ndidi Key of the YPP.
Full List of Presidential Candidates and Running Mates
- APC: Bola Tinubu (74) / Kashim Shettima (59)
- ADC: Atiku Abubakar (79) / Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi (61)
- NDC: Peter Gregory Obi (65) / Musa Mohammed Rabiu Kwankwaso (69)
- LP: Sunday Chibuzo Okereke (43) / Hajja Bintu Konto (54)
- PDP: Sandy Ojang Onor (60) / Umaru Babangida (61)
- AA: Rufai Adekunle Omo-Aje / Shehu Hussaini
- ADP: Aliyu Abbas-Bin / Chinazam Ike
- APP: Kabiru Yusuf / Peace Egobia Ofordile
- AAC: Omoyele Sowore / Haruna Garba Magashi
- APM: Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde (58) / Musa Lawal Daura
- BP: Sunday Adenuga / Usman Turaki Mustapha
- DLA: Moses Olusoji Adebisi / Nafisat Usaku Abubakar
- NDP: Ada Elizabeth Fredrick Okwori / Uchenna Anthony Chukwuemeka
- NRM: Nkem Esther Okereke / Nasir Muhammed Sulaiman
- PRP: Donald Duke / Kabiru Rabiu
- SDP: Adewole Ebenezer Adebayo / Usman Muhammed Bugaje
- YPP: Peter Ada Agada / Patience Ndidi Key
- ZLP: Daniel Daberechukwu Nwanyanwu / Hassan Khalid
INEC also released the final lists of candidates for the Senate and House of Representatives elections, completing another stage in preparations for the 2027 general elections.
NPO also reports that the INEC has slated the election to hold on the 17th of Janurary 2027.