The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged the 19 presidential candidates announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission to publicly declare their assets and liabilities ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
SERAP also asked the candidates to disclose the assets and liabilities of their spouses and, where applicable, their unmarried children under 18, as well as the legitimate sources of their significant wealth.
In an open letter dated August 8, 2026, and signed by its Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, the organisation further urged the candidates to publicly reject vote-buying and electoral bribery before and during the election.
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The candidates include President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, Atiku Abubakar of the African Democratic Congress, Peter Obi of the National Democratic Congress, Sandy Onor of the Peoples Democratic Party, Omoyele Sowore of the African Action Congress, Donald Duke of the Peoples Redemption Party and Okwori Elizabeth Frederick of the National Democratic Party.
