*Running Mates In List Too
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, 36 presidential candidates and their running mates will make it for the 2027 election as Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) published the final list of presidential ticket holders.
President Bola Tinubu, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is seeking re-election in the poll with 17 candidates of opposition political parties bidding to remove him from office.
Secretary to INEC, Rose Oriaran-Anthony, disclosed in a statement on Saturday that the list contains candidates being sponsored by 18 political parties.
The list comprises 16 male candidates and two female candidates respectively.
The two female presidential candidates are Ada Elizabeth Fredrick Okwori of the National Democratic Party (NDP)?and Nkem Esther Okereke of the National Rescue Movement (NRM).
INEC also listed 14 male and four female vice-presidential candidates.
The full list of the presidential candidates and their running mates:
- APC: Bola Tinubu (74) / Kashim Shettima (59)
- ADC: Atiku Abubakar (79) / Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi (61)
- NDC: Peter Gregory Obi (65) / Musa Mohammed Rabiu Kwankwaso (69)
- LP: Sunday Chibuzo Okereke (43) / Hajja Bintu Konto (54)
- PDP: Sandy Ojang Onor (60) / Umaru Babangida (61)
- 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 (58) / 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
*PHOTO CAPTION: L-R: Tinubu, Makinde, Obi, Atiku, Sowore.
