By Henry Umoru
Ahead of the 2027 presidential and general elections, the national leadership of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, has dismissed as false and malicious claims making the rounds that the party lacks governorship candidates in twelve states ahead of the 2027 general elections, insisting that it has fully nominated candidates in all the 28 states where governorship polls will hold.
In a statement signed on Saturday by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Osa Director, the party described the circulating report as a deliberate attempt to mislead Nigerians and stall the party’s growing momentum nationwide.
According to him, the NDC remains a national movement with structures and candidates spread across all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, not a regional outfit as its critics have suggested.
To counter the claims, the party has however released the names of its governorship candidates in the twelve states named in what it called the propaganda, just as it said that in Zamfara State, the NDC candidate is Senator Kabiru Marafa. Borno State has Rtd Rear Admiral Ibrahim Sanusi Kasim as its flagbearer, while Cross River State’s candidate is Hon. John Odey. In Akwa Ibom, the party is fielding Babanta Michael Okon, and in Ebonyi State its candidate is Nwofe Boniface.
