The development follows INEC’s release on Saturday of the final list of presidential and vice presidential candidates for the 2027 presidential election.
By Mmesoma Onwuka
365Daily – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the final list of candidates for the 2027 National Assembly elections, setting the stage for contests for seats in the Senate and House of Representatives.
The final lists for the two chambers contain 4,408 candidates, according to an analysis of the candidate documents released by the electoral commission.
The figure comprises 1,195 candidates for the Senate and 3,213 candidates for the House of Representatives.
INEC’s publication comes as preparations intensify for the 2027 general elections, with the presidential and National Assembly elections scheduled for January 16, 2027. The commission’s election timetable also lists the governorship and State House of Assembly elections for February 6, 2027.
Of the 4,408 National Assembly candidates, 3,965 are male, while 443 are female.
The Senate list contains 1,080 male candidates and 115 female candidates, while the House of Representatives list has 2,885 male candidates and 328 female candidates.
The Allied Peoples Movement (APM) fielded the highest number of female candidates across the Senate and House of Representatives races, with 11 women contesting Senate seats and 42 contesting House of Representatives seats.
The development follows INEC’s release on Saturday of the final list of presidential and vice presidential candidates for the 2027 presidential election.
The presidential list contains 18 candidates and their running mates representing 18 political parties. The list was signed by the 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 Gregory Obi of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC), Oyo State Governor Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Sandy Ojang Onor of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Omoyele Sowore of the African Action Congress (AAC), and former Cross River State Governor Donald Duke of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP).
Other candidates on the final list include Rufai Adekunle Omo Aje of the Action Alliance (AA), Aliyu Abbas Bin of the Action Democratic Party (ADP), Kabiru Yusuf of the Allied Peoples Party (APP), Sunday Adenuga of the Boot Party (BP), Moses Olusoji Adebisi of the Democratic Leadership 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).
The list also contains two female presidential candidates: Ada Elizabeth Fredrick Okwori of the National Democratic Party (NDP) and Nkem Esther Okereke of the National Rescue Movement (NRM).