ABUJA — The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the final list of presidential and vice-presidential candidates for Nigeria’s 2027 general elections.
The list contains 18 presidential candidates and their running mates across various political parties, and was signed by INEC Secretary Rose Oriaran-Anthony.
Among those on the list are President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), 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 presidential candidates are 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), Sunday Adenuga of the Boot Party (BP), 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).
The list also features two female 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: Peace Egobia of the APP, Nafisat Usaku of the DLA, Hajja Konto of the LP and Patience Key of the YPP.
The published list shows that the presidential candidates are aged between 35 and 79, while the vice-presidential candidates range from 35 to 80. According to the list, 79 is the oldest presidential candidate, followed by 74.
The youngest presidential candidate is Moses Adebisi of the DLA, who is listed as 35.
The list also shows that none of the presidential or vice-presidential candidates declared a disability.
INEC’s publication follows the conclusion of political party primaries conducted between 23 April and 30 May 2026.
The 2027 presidential and National Assembly elections are scheduled for Saturday, 16 January 2027, while the governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections will hold on 6 February 2027.
The commission revised the election timetable following the enactment of the Electoral Act 2026.
FULL LIST OF PRESIDENTIAL AND VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
S/N Party Position Candidate Age Gender
1 AA Presidential Rufai Adekunle Omo-Aje 71 M
AA Vice-Presidential Shehu Hussaini 56 M
2 ADP Presidential Abbas-Bin Aliyu 44 M
ADP Vice-Presidential Ike Chinazam 50 M
3 APP Presidential Yusuf Kabiru 54 M
APP Vice-Presidential Ofordile Peace Egobia 47 F
4 AAC Presidential Sowore Omoyele 55 M
AAC Vice-Presidential Magashi Haruna Garba 49 M
5 ADC Presidential Abubakar Atiku 79 M
ADC Vice-Presidential Amaechi Chibuike Rotimi 61 M
6 APC Presidential Tinubu Bola Ahmed 74 M
APC Vice-Presidential Shettima Kashim 59 M
7 APM Presidential Makinde Oluseyi Abiodun 58 M
APM Vice-Presidential Musa Lawal Daura 73 M
8 BP Presidential Adenuga Sunday 52 M
BP Vice-Presidential Mustapha Usman Turaki 40 M
9 DLA Presidential Adebisi Moses Olusoji 35 M
DLA Vice-Presidential Abubakar Nafisat Usaku 35 F
10 LP Presidential Okereke Sunday Chibuzo 43 M
LP Vice-Presidential Konto Hajja Bintu 54 F
11 NDP Presidential Okwori Ada Elizabeth Fredrick 48 F
NDP Vice-Presidential Chukwuemeka Uchenna Anthony 48 M
12 NRM Presidential Okereke Nkem Esther 43 F
NRM Vice-Presidential Sulaiman Nasir Muhammed 35 M
13 NDC Presidential Obi Peter Gregory 65 M
NDC Vice-Presidential Musa Mohammed Rabiu Kwankwaso 69 M
14 PDP Presidential Onor Sandy Ojang 60 M
PDP Vice-Presidential Umaru Babangida 61 M
15 PRP Presidential Duke Donald 64 M
PRP Vice-Presidential Rabiu Kabiru 80 M
16 SDP Presidential Adebayo Adewole Ebenezer 54 M
SDP Vice-Presidential Bugaje Usman Muhammed 74 M
17 YPP Presidential Agada Peter Ada 54 M
YPP Vice-Presidential Key Patience Ndid 52 F
18 ZLP Presidential Nwanyanwu Daniel Daberechukwu 66 M
ZLP Vice-Presidential Hassan Khalid 37 M
Source: INEC
