2027 Elections: INEC Releases Final List of Presidential Candidates
By Victor Idajili
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has released the final list of presidential candidates and their running mates for the January 2027 general elections.
The list, signed by the Secretary to the Commission, Rose Oriaran-Anthony, was made public on Saturday in Abuja. It features candidates from 18 political parties.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, 16 of the 18 presidential candidates are male, while only 2 are female.
Some of the male presidential candidates include:- Bola Tinubu - All Progressives Congress, APC, Abubakar Atiku - African Democratic Congress, ADC ,Peter Obi - Nigerian Democratic Congress, NDC,Oluseyi Makinde - Allied People’s Movement, APM
The two female presidential candidates are
Okwori Fredrick - National Democratic Party, NDP,Dr. Esther Okereke - National Redemption Party, NRM
For vice-presidential candidates, 14 are male and 4 are female.
NAN also reports that INEC has released the final lists of candidates for the Senate and the House of Representatives ahead of the 2027 polls.
