The Independent National Electoral Commission 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 released on Saturday in Abuja and contains candidates sponsored by 18 political parties.
Sixteen of the presidential candidates are men, while two are women. The commission also listed 14 male and four female vice-presidential candidates.
The presidential candidates and their running mates are
Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima of the All Progressives Congress; Atiku Abubakar and Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of the African Democratic Congress; Peter Gregory Obi and Musa Mohammed Rabiu Kwankwaso of the Nigerian Democratic Congress; and Sunday Chibuzo Okereke and Hajja Bintu Konto of the Labour Party.
Others are Sandy Ojang Onor and Umaru Babangida of the Peoples Democratic Party; Rufai Adekunle Omo-Aje and Shehu Hussaini of the Action
Alliance; Aliyu Abbas-Bin and Chinazam Ike of the Action Democratic Party; Kabiru Yusuf and Peace Egobia Ofordile of the Allied Peoples Party; Omoyele Sowore and Haruna Garba Magashi of the African Action Congress; and Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde and Musa Lawal Daura of the Allied Peoples Movement.Also on the list are Sunday Adenuga and Usman Turaki Mustapha of the Boot Party; Moses Olusoji Adebisi and Nafisat Usaku Abubakar of the Democratic Leadership Alliance; Ada Elizabeth Fredrick Okwori and Uchenna Anthony Chukwuemeka of the National Democratic Party; Nkem Esther Okereke and Nasir Muhammed Sulaiman of the National Rescue Movement; Donald Duke and Kabiru Rabiu of the Peoples Redemption Party; Adewole Ebenezer Adebayo and Usman Muhammed Bugaje of the Social Democratic Party; Peter Ada Agada and Patience Ndidi Key of the Young Progressive Party; and Daniel Daberechukwu Nwanyanwu and Hassan Khalid of the Zenith Labour Party.
The commission also released the final list of candidates for the Senate and House of Representatives elections.
