The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the final list of 18 presidential candidates and their running mates for the 2027 general elections.
The list, signed by INEC Secretary Rose Oriaran-Anthony, features candidates representing 18 political parties, including 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).
Other prominent candidates on the list include 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).
Also listed 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), and Sunday Adenuga of the Boot Party (BP).
The list further includes Moses Olusoji Adebisi of the Democratic Labour Alliance (DLA), Sunday Chibuzo Okereke of the Labour Party (LP), Adewole Ebenezer Adebayo of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Peter Ada Agada of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), and Daniel Daberechukwu Nwanyanwu of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP).
Two women are among the presidential candidates. They are Ada Elizabeth Frederick Okwori of the National Democratic Party (NDP) and Nkem Esther Okereke of the National Rescue Movement (NRM).
The commission also listed four women as vice-presidential candidates: Peace Egobia Ofordile of the APP, Nafisat Usaku Abubakar of the DLA, Hajja Bintu Konto of the LP, and Patience Ndidi Key of the YPP.
According to the published list, the presidential candidates are aged between 35 and 79, while the vice-presidential candidates range from 35 to 80 years old.
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, aged 79, is the oldest presidential candidate on the list, followed by Tinubu, who is 74.
Moses Olusoji Adebisi of the DLA, aged 35, is the youngest presidential candidate.
INEC has scheduled the presidential and National Assembly elections for January 16, 2027, while the governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections will hold on February 6, 2027.
The commission revised its election timetable following the enactment of the Electoral Act 2026.
