INEC DON DROP FINAL LIST FOR 2027 PRESIDENTIAL RACE, 18 CANDIDATES DEY INSIDE.

INEC DON DROP FINAL LIST FOR 2027 PRESIDENTIAL RACE, 18 CANDIDATES DEY INSIDE.

Di Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, don release di final list of people wey go contest for president for di 2027 general election. Di list get 18 presidential candidates and dia running mates, and INEC Secretary, Rose Oriaran Anthony, don sign di document.

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For di big names wey dey di list na President Bola Ahmed Tinubu from APC, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar from ADC, and former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi from NDC. Other candidates include Omoyele Sowore of AAC, Sunday Okereke of Labour Party, Adewole Adebayo of SDP, and Donald Duke of PRP. Two women, Ada Elizabeth Frederick Okwori and Nkem Esther Okereke, dey among di presidential candidates.

INEC paper still show di educational qualifications wey di candidates submit. Di qualifications range from First School Leaving Certificate and secondary school certificates to university degrees and oda higher qualifications. Di commission don already publish di candidates’ personal information and credentials make public fit check am, including dia academic records.

Di final list get some changes from di provisional list of 19 candidates wey INEC release before. Di New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, no dey again for di presidential race. Also, Peter Agada go represent YPP after e replace Chukwu Anita Zugwai.

Di ages of di candidates dey between 35 and 79 years. Di youngest presidential candidate na Moses Adebisi wey get 35 years.

INEC don fix di presidential and National Assembly elections for January 16, 2027, while di governorship and State House of Assembly elections go hold on February 6, 2027.

With di final list out now, di 2027 presidential race don enter serious gear. Political parties dey ready to start full campaigns, and voters dey begin check di candidates and dia plans for Nigeria.