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FULL LIST: 18 Presidential Candidates Contesting For 2027 Election As INEC Releases Final List (PHOTOS)
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the final list of candidates contesting the 2027 presidential election, featuring 18 presidential hopefuls and their respective running mates. The list, signed by the INEC Secretary, Rose Oriaran-Anthony, includes President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), former Vice President Atiku……
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the final list of candidates contesting the 2027 presidential election, featuring 18 presidential hopefuls and their respective running mates.
The list, signed by the INEC Secretary, Rose Oriaran-Anthony, includes President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), and former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC).
Also on the list are Oyo State Governor Oluseyi Makinde of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Sandy Ojang Onor of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and former Cross River State Governor Donald Duke of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP).
Other candidates include Rufai Adekunle Omo-Aje of the Action Alliance (AA), Abbas-Bin Aliyu of the Action Democratic Party (ADP), Yusuf Kabiru of the Action Peoples Party (APP), Omoyele Sowore of the African Action Congress (AAC), and Sunday Adenuga of the Boot Party (BP).
The list further names Adebisi Olusoji of the Democratic Labour Alliance (DLA), Sunday Okereke of the Labour Party (LP), Adewole Adebayo of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Peter Agada of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), and Nwanyanwu Daberechukwu of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP).
Two women are among the presidential candidates: Ada Elizabeth Frederick Okwori of the National Democratic Party (NDP) and Nkem Esther Okereke of the National Rescue Movement (NRM).
Four women are listed as vice-presidential candidates. They are Peace Egobia of the APP, Nafisat Usaku of the DLA, Hajja Konto of the LP, and Patience Key of the YPP.
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According to the published list, the presidential candidates are aged between 35 and 79, while their vice-presidential counterparts are between 35 and 80 years old. The oldest presidential candidate is listed as 79, followed by a candidate aged 74.
Moses Adebisi of the DLA, aged 35, is identified as the youngest presidential candidate on the list.
INEC’s records also indicate that none of the presidential or vice-presidential candidates declared a disability.
The publication follows the completion of political party primaries held between April 23 and May 30, 2026.
The presidential and National Assembly elections are scheduled for January 16, 2027, while governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections will take place on February 6, 2027.
The commission revised its election timetable following the enactment of the Electoral Act 2026.
Below is the full list of presidential candidates
1. Rufai Adekunle Omo-Aje — AA
Party: Action Alliance (AA)
Age: 71
Running mate: Shehu Hussaini, 56
2. Abbas-Bin Aliyu — ADP
Party: Action Democratic Party (ADP)
Age: 44
Running mate: Ike Chinazam, 50
3. Yusuf Kabiru — APP
Party: Action Peoples Party (APP)
Age: 54
Running mate: Ofordile Peace Egobia, 47
4. Omoyele Sowore — AAC
Party: African Action Congress (AAC)
Age: 55
Running mate: Magashi Haruna Garba, 49
5. Atiku Abubakar — ADC
Party: African Democratic Congress (ADC)
Age: 79
Running mate: Amaechi Chibuike Rotimi, 61
6. Bola Ahmed Tinubu — APC
Age: 74
Running mate: Kashim Shettima, 59
7. Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde — APM
Party: Allied Peoples Movement (APM)
Age: 58
Running mate: Musa Lawal Daura, 73
8. Sunday Adenuga — BP
Party: Boot Party (BP)
Age: 52
Running mate: Mustapha Usman Turaki, 40
9. Adebisi Moses Olusoji — DLA
Party: Democratic Leadership Alliance (DLA)
Age: 35
Running mate: Abubakar Nafisat Usaku, 35
10. Sunday Chibuzo Okereke — LP
Party: Labour Party (LP)
Age: 43
Running mate: Hajia Bintu Konto, 54
11. Ada Elizabeth Fredrick Okwori — NDP
Party: National Democratic Party (NDP)
Age: 48
Running mate: Chukwuemeka Uchenna Anthony, 48
12. Nkem Esther Okereke — NRM
Party: National Rescue Movement (NRM)
Age: 43
Running mate: Sulaiman Nasir Muhammed, 35
13 Donald Duke
Party: the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP)
14 Sandy Ojang Onor
Party: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 
15 Prince Adewole Adebayo
Party: Social Democratic Party (SDP)
16 Peter Agada
Party: Young Progressive Party (YPP)
17 Nwanyanwu Daberechukwu
Party: Zenith Labour Party (ZLP)
18 Peter Obi
Party: Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC).
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