The All Progressives Congress (APC) has begun uploading of its 28 governorship and 993 State Houses of Assembly candidates’ names and particulars on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Candidate Nomination Portal (ICNP), with 16 incumbent governors seeking second-term mandates given priority.
The affected governors are Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom, Hyacinth Alia of Benue, Uba Sani of Kaduna, Abba Yusuf of Kano, Dikko Radda of Katsina, Nasir Idris of Kebbi, Umaru Bago of Niger, Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau, Ahmad Aliyu of Sokoto, Agbu Kefas of Taraba and Dauda Lawal of Zamfara.
The party is also expected to upload the names of 12 first-time governorship candidates, including Obafemi Hamzat of Lagos, Solomon Adeola (Ogun), Ogundu Kingsley Chinda (River), Eric Opah (Abia), Mohammed Abubakar (Bauchi), Mustapha Gubio (Borno), Jamilu Gwamna (Gombe), Ahmed Aliyu Wadada (Nasarawa) and Baba Malam Wali (Yobe).
The exercise is part of the APC’s race against time to beat the statutory deadline ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Findings at the APC National Headquarters in Abuja showed that the party’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) department commenced processing the candidates’ documents on Saturday.
