Candidates upload: APC, PDP, ADC, others didn't meet July 11 INEC deadline —Source

•As internal discord trails APC’s State Assembly nomination process

By Omeiza Ajayi

ABUJA—Despite repeated claims by some leading political parties in the country that they beat the July 11 deadline for uploading their National Assembly candidates into a dedicated portal of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Vanguard checks have revealed the contrary.

Multiple sources at INEC have disclosed that no political party, including the All Progressives Congress, APC, met the commission’s original July 11 deadline for the submission of candidates’ names for the 2027 presidential and National Assembly elections, contradicting the ruling party’s claim that it had successfully complied.

“As of July 11 deadline, before the extension to July 14, over 70 per cent of candidates in the APC had not been uploaded by the party. No party met that deadline.