Anxiety over Political Parties’ Non-release of Candidates’ Lists for 2027 Elections

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Chuks Okocha, Adedayo Akinwale and Sunday Aborisade in Abuja

Several weeks after the All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), African Democratic Congress (ADC), Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), and the Labour Party (LP) concluded their primary elections, the parties have yet to publish final lists of candidates, causing anxiety about the political future of the candidates, THISDAY has learnt.

THISDAY gathered that despite the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ‘s recent announcement that it would issue official access codes to all political parties to use the Candidate Nomination Portal on Friday, June 26, 2026, the fate of contestants in the parties’ recent primaries remains uncertain.