Ahead of the 2027 general election, the Independent National Electoral Commission on Saturday published the final list of presidential candidates and their running mates.
TheNewsGuru reports that the Commission’s Secretary, Rose Oriaran-Anthony, on Saturday in Abuja shared the list, which included 18 candidates sponsored by 18 political parties.
In the final list, 16 are male, while two are female.
The male presidential candidates include Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, Atiku Abubakar of the African Democratic Congress, Peter Gregory Obi of the Nigerian Democratic Congress, Adewole Ebenezer Adebayo of the Social Democratic Party and Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde of the Allied Peoples Movement
Others are Donald Duke of the People’s Redemption Party, Sunday Chibuzo Okereke of the Labour Party, Omoyele Sowore of the African Action Congress, Sandy Ojang Onor of the Peoples Democratic Party, Rufai Adekunle Omo-Aje of the Action Alliance and Aliyu Abbas-Bin of the Action Democratic Party.
Kabiru Yusuf from the Allied Peoples Party, Sunday Adenuga from the Boot Party, Moses Olusoji Adebisi from the Democratic Leadership Alliance, Nkem Esther Okereke from the National Rescue Movement, Daniel Daberechukwu Nwanyanwu from the Zenith Labour Party, and Peter Ada Agada from the Young Progressive Party are also included.
The two women running for president are Ada Elizabeth Fredrick Okwori from the National Democratic Party and Nkem Esther Okereke from the National Rescue Movement.
The commission named 14 men and four women as vice-presidential candidates.
The women running for vice president are Peace Egobia Ofordile of the Allied Peoples Party, Nafisat Usaku Abubakar of the Democratic Leadership Alliance, Hajja Bintu Konto of the Labour Party, and Patience Ndidi Key of the Young Progressive Party.
Below are names of the presidential candidates and their vice
1. APC: Bola Tinubu (74) / Kashim Shettima (59)
2. ADC: Atiku Abubakar (79) / Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi (61)
3. NDC: Peter Gregory Obi (65) / Musa Mohammed Rabiu Kwankwaso (69)
4. LP: Sunday Chibuzo Okereke (43) / Hajja Bintu Konto (54)
5. PDP: Sandy Ojang Onor (60) / Umaru Babangida (61)
6. AA: Rufai Adekunle Omo-Aje / Shehu Hussaini
7. ADP: Aliyu Abbas-Bin / Chinazam Ike
8. APP: Kabiru Yusuf / Peace Egobia Ofordile
9. AAC: Omoyele Sowore / Haruna Garba Magashi
10. APM: Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde (58) / Musa Lawal Daura
11. BP: Sunday Adenuga / Usman Turaki Mustapha
12. DLA: Moses Olusoji Adebisi / Nafisat Usaku Abubakar
13. NDP: Ada Elizabeth Fredrick Okwori / Uchenna Anthony Chukwuemeka
14. NRM: Nkem Esther Okereke / Nasir Muhammed Sulaiman
15. PRP: Donald Duke / Kabiru Rabiu
16. SDP: Adewole Ebenezer Adebayo / Usman Muhammed Bugaje
17. YPP: Peter Ada Agada / Patience Ndidi Key
18. ZLP: Daniel Daberechukwu Nwanyanwu / Hassan Khalid