The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the final list of 18 presidential candidates and their running mates for the January 2027 general elections, formally setting out the presidential field for the election.
The final list, signed by the Secretary to the Commission, Rose Oriaran-Anthony, was released on Saturday in Abuja and contains candidates sponsored by 18 political parties.
The list features a mix of established political figures and candidates from smaller parties, with 16 male and two female presidential candidates.
Among the presidential candidates are President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Peter Gregory Obi of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC), Adewole Ebenezer Adebayo of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM).
Other candidates include Donald Duke of the People’s Redemption Party (PRP), Sunday Chibuzo Okereke of the Labour Party (LP), African Action Congress (AAC) candidate Omoyele Sowore and Sandy Ojang Onor of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The remaining presidential candidates are Rufai Adekunle Omo-Aje of the Action Alliance (AA), Aliyu Abbas-Bin of the Action Democratic Party (ADP), 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), Daniel Daberechukwu Nwanyanwu of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) and Peter Ada Agada of the Young Progressive Party (YPP).
The two female presidential candidates on the final list are Okwori of the NDP and Okereke of the NRM.
INEC also listed 14 male and four female vice-presidential candidates, reflecting a wider gender spread among the running mates.
The female vice-presidential candidates 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.
The 18 presidential tickets released by INEC are:
– APC: Bola Tinubu / Kashim Shettima
– ADC: Atiku Abubakar / Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi
– NDC: Peter Gregory Obi / Musa Mohammed Rabiu Kwankwaso
– LP: Sunday Chibuzo Okereke / Hajja Bintu Konto
– PDP: Sandy Ojang Onor / Umaru Babangida
– 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 / 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
The commission also released the final list of candidates for the Senate and House of Representatives elections, completing another major stage in preparations for the 2027 general elections.
With the final presidential list now published, the 2027 contest formally brings together 18 presidential tickets as political parties and their candidates move into the next phase of the election campaign.
