- Two women on the list
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the final list of presidential candidates and their running mates for the 2027 election. The list contains 18 presidential candidates cleared to contest the January 16 poll.
The list, signed by 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 Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC).
Other candidates listed by the commission include Oyo State governor, Oluseyi Makinde, of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM); Sandy Ojang Onor of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP); and former Governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke, of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP).
The list also features 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).
Others are 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 also listed as vice-presidential candidates: Peace Egobia of the APP, Nafisat Usaku of the DLA, Hajja Konto of the LP and Patience Key of the YPP.
According to the list, the presidential candidates are aged between 35 and 79, while the vice-presidential candidates are between 35 and 80 years old.
The oldest presidential candidate is 79, followed by another who is 74, while Moses Adebisi of the DLA, aged 35, is the youngest presidential candidate on the list.
INEC has fixed January 16, 2027, for the presidential and National Assembly elections, while the governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections are scheduled for February 6, 2027.
The commission revised the election timetable following the enactment of the Electoral Act 2026.