The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the final list of presidential candidates and their running mates for the January 16, 2027 general elections.

The list, signed by the Commission’s Secretary, Rose Oriaran-Anthony, was released in Abuja on Saturday and contains presidential candidates sponsored by 18 political parties.

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According to the list, 16 of the presidential candidates are men while two are women.

Among the prominent names on the ballot are incumbent President Bola Ahmed 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 Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC), and Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate Adewole Adebayo.

Also listed are Oyo State Governor Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), former Cross River State Governor Donald Duke of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Labour Party candidate Sunday Chibuzo Okereke and African Action Congress (AAC) candidate Omoyele Sowore.

Other presidential candidates on the list include Sandy Ojang Onor of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), 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), Nkem Esther Okereke of the National Rescue Movement (NRM), Daniel Daberechukwu Nwanyanwu of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) and Peter Ada Agada of the Young Progressive Party (YPP).

The two female presidential candidates listed by INEC are Ada Elizabeth Fredrick Okwori of the National Democratic Party (NDP) and Nkem Esther Okereke of the National Rescue Movement (NRM).

INEC also listed 14 male and four female vice-presidential candidates.

The four female running mates are Peace Egobia Ofordile of the Allied Peoples Party, Nafisat Usaku Abubakar of the Democratic Leadership Alliance, Hajja Bintu Konto of the Labour Party and Patience Ndidi Key of the Young Progressive Party.

The full list released by INEC is as follows:

The release of the final list marks another major stage in preparations for the 2027 presidential election, with the 18 candidates now formally listed by the electoral commission for the contest.

The election is scheduled for January 16, 2027, as political parties intensify their campaigns and mobilisation ahead of the poll.