The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday revealed an up to date record of Governorship and Deputy Governorship candidates for the 2027 elections.
The fee has included the previous Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, because the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in Gombe State however omitted the previous Kano State Deputy Governor, Abdulsalam Gwarzo because the candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC).
The title of a former Ogun State Governorship candidate, Ladi Adebutu, stays absent from their respective state lists.
The up to date Gombe record options Pantami alongside his working mate, Haruna Ahmadu Hasan, beneath the PDP.
Pantami, 53, is recognized within the doc as Ibrahim Isa Ali, whereas Hasan, 41, is listed because the get together’s deputy governorship candidate.
In Kano State, nonetheless, the up to date record nonetheless doesn’t comprise the title of Gwarzo, the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) governorship candidate, or his working mate, Rabiu Mustapha.
Instead, INEC left the get together’s Governorship and Deputy Governorship entries clean, with the phrases ‘Court Order’ showing within the remarks column in opposition to each positions.
The notation signifies that the publication of the NDC candidates’ names stays affected by a courtroom order.
In Ogun State, Adebutu, the PDP governorship candidate, and his working mate additionally stay absent from the up to date record.
Unlike Pantami, whose petition was profitable, INEC rejected Adebutu’s petition looking for a overview of his exclusion.
INEC had earlier revealed its preliminary ultimate record of governorship candidates on October 10, 2026, excluding Pantami, Gwarzo and Adebutu, amongst different candidates.
The exclusions adopted disputes over compliance with provisions of the Electoral Act 2026, significantly the requirement for political events to submit their membership registers to the fee.
The controversy adopted a September 24 Supreme Court judgment affirming the constitutionality of provisions of the Electoral Act requiring political events to submit their membership registers to INEC earlier than conducting legitimate primaries.
Following complaints from affected candidates and political events, INEC reviewed the nominations and petitions.
In a press release issued by the fee’s Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, Mohammed Haruna, INEC mentioned it obtained 69 petitions from 12 political events throughout 26 states regarding governorship candidates.
Of the petitions, 41 have been profitable, whereas 28 have been rejected.
For the State Houses of Assembly elections, the fee obtained 61 petitions from 11 political events throughout 11 states, approving 25 and rejecting 36.
This brings the full variety of petitions thought-about by the fee to 130, with 66 upheld and 64 rejected.
The fee mentioned its selections adopted a overview of complaints, related information and relevant authorized provisions.
INEC added that affected candidates, political events and states could be mirrored within the up to date lists revealed on its web site.
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