Tinubu, Atiku, Obi, Adebayo, Makinde Make INEC’s 2027 Presidential List

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the final list of presidential candidates of 18 political parties ahead of the January 16, 2027 general elections.

In a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday and signed by the Secretary of the commission, Rose Oriaran-Anthony, INEC released the comprehensive names of the candidates of the parties and their running mates.

According to the list, 16 of the presidential candidates are male, while two are female.

Some of the prominent presidential candidates include Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, Atiku Abubakar of the African Democratic Congress, Peter Gregory Obi of the Nigerian Democratic Congress, Adewole Ebenezer Adebayo of the Social Democratic Party and Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde of the Allied Peoples Movement.

Below is the full list:

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