The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the final list of governorship candidates contesting elections across the states in the 2027 general elections.
The list was published on Saturday night and signed by INEC Secretary Rose Oriaran-Anthony.
The list contains the names of candidates and their political parties ahead of the polls scheduled for February 6, 2027.
The publication follows a Supreme Court judgment that restored provisions of the Electoral Act 2026, which restrict participation in party primaries to members whose names appear on membership registers submitted to INEC within the statutory period .
Below is the full list of governorship candidates across the participating states. Candidates are listed with their party, name, and age where available.
Abia State Party Candidate Age AAC Umezurike Doris Uzumma 39 ADC Kalu Kalu Agu 53 ADP Ikechukwu George Nwachukwu 43 APC Opah Eric Chinemeucheya 55 APGA Ijioma Uchechukwu Charles 52 APM Umunnah Victor Jireh 51 APP Ijioma Nwokoro Ijioma 63 LP Otti Alex Chioma 61 NDC Ogah Iroetugo Ndubuisi 53 NDP Leo Onyekwere 61 NNPP Anthony Kelechi Apugo 56 NRM Jerry Jerry 61 PDP Anosike Kelechi 52 SDP Obasi Uba Ekeagbara 55 ZLP Onukwue Prince Chibunna 50
Adamawa State Party Candidate Age A Cholli Yahaya 43 AA Dawa Philip B 44 AAC Hussaini Sulaiman Tahir 71 ADC Modibbo Hammantukur Ribadu 59 ADP Umaru Babangida Bajabure 46 APC Aminu Ahmed Galadima 62 APGA Bashir Suleiman Alhaji 47 APM Abdulrahman Bashir Haske 36 APP Aliyu Suleiman 53 DLA Tame Vadlya Tizhe 50 LP Ishaku Elisha Cliff 46 NDC Dahiru Aishatu Ahmed 55 NNPP Bundi Ahmadu Pius 39 NRM Samuel Faith Monday 41 PDP Vunobolki Maurice Michael 54 SDP Nathaniel Christopher Osim 64 YPP Theman Wafarninyi 55 ZLP Alahirah Maimako 68
Party Candidate Age A Akpan Ignatius Cyril 43 AA Otong Edidiong Effiong 46 AAC Udoh Stephen Mfon 46 ADC John James Akpanudoedehe 62 ADP Archibong Inimbom Nsikak 39 APC Eno Umo Bassey 62 APGA Jimmy Stella Monday 41 APM Udokpan Nsidibe Sampson 61 APP Umoh Emem 36 BP Ekpenyong Akaninyene Efiong 52 DLA Akpan Jeremiah Udoh 48 LP Mbaba Michael Bush 55 NDC Enyong Michael Okon 57 NDP Akpan Michael Udo 58 NNPP Inemesit Edem Akpan 50 NRM Ekong Mfon Udo 52 PDP Brownson Ibanga Akpan 48 PRP George Mfonobong Edet 45 SDP Effiong Asuomo Rosemary 49 ZLP Umo Blessing Okon 48
Bauchi State Party Candidate Age AAC Adamu Abdullahi 61 ADC Halliru Dauda Jika 50 ADP Shehu Jinda Yunusa 41 APC Abubakar Mohammed Abdullahi 69 APGA Naziru Usman 42 APM Adamu Yakubu 46 APP Abdulhamid Kabiru Shuwa 54 LP Aliyu Idris Muhammad 36 NDC Kashim Ibrahim Muhammad 65 NDP Haruna Muhammad Ningi 53 NRM Zaharaddin Muhammad Muhammad 37 PDP Adamu Usman Ahmed 48 PRP Umar Shehu Buba 50 YPP Aliyu Umar A.g 37 ZLP Babageidam Lami 56
Benue State Party Candidate Age ADC Hembe Iorwase Herman 51 ADP Nyibiam Kwaghshir 44 APC Alia Hyacinth Iormem 60 APM Adagba D. Iorhen 37 APP Ujah Mercy Engole 43 DLA Ochenehi Dominic 44 LP Byuan Mathias Terwase 51 NDC Shija Terhemba 65 NRM Wombo Terese Paul 35 PDP Aondoakaa Michael Kaase 64 PRP Chenge Roseline Ada 55 ZLP Ogbe Simon Ocheme 35
Borno State Party Candidate Age AA Goni Bulama 37 ADC Babagana Buhari 58 ADP Monguno Rufai Alhaji 56 APC Gubio Alhaji Mustapha 52 APM Ahmad Tijjani Isah 46 APP Garga Bukar 46 LP Konto Umar 56 NDC Ibrahim Sanusi Kashim 50 NNPP Muhammad Bukar 58 NRM Mustapha Umar Mustapha 39 PDP Abba-Gana Ibrahim Baba 53 SDP Abba Alhaji Modu 48 ZLP Abdulhakeem Muhammad 39
Cross River State Party Candidate Age AA Ali Patrick 58 ADP Joelyne Ita Hogan-Bassey 39 APC Otu Bassey Edet 66 APM Esege Ntami Nkanu 46 APP Nya Basil Bassey 35 LP Obu Ogar Osim 49 NRM Chigbe Chioma Vivian 46 PDP Archibong Arthur Javis 64
Ebonyi State
Party Candidate Age ADC Ukpai Mba Udeh 44 ADP Okorie Ogochukwu 39 APC Nwifuru Ogbonna Francis 51 APGA Nwodom Lucy Chinwe 44 APP Nwankwo Martha Ebere 54 DLA Ubasinachi Destiny Chimeremeze 41 LP Eze Oko Splendour 46 NDC Igwe Nwagu Paulinus 67 NNPP Ojeogu Ifeanyi Stephen 47 PDP Chukwuma Odii Ifeanyi 51 SDP Agbo Kingsley Obinna 49 ZLP Nwinyinya Juliet 50
Enugu State Party Candidate Age A Alor Edwin Ikechukwu 62 ADC Ocho Obodoeze Chukwuma 53 ADP Ayogu Sam Ayogu 62 APC Mbah Peter Ndubuisi 54 APM Ikeh Ken 54 APP Ani Afamefuna Samuel 49 BP Nnamani Obioma Nnaemeka 43 DLA Ugwu Nnamdi 52 LP Ugwu Okwudilichukwu Chukwudera 59 NDC Ohaa Chinyeaka Christian 65 NNPP J. Nnaji 58 NRM Okonkwo Christopher Ndubuisi 61 PDP Nnaji Uchechukwu Geoffrey 63 SDP Iloka Friday 44 YPP Udeani Anthony Ifeanyi 52 ZLP Ugwoke Elvis Chinazam 40
Gombe State Party Candidate Age A Madaki Auwal Haruna 46 AAC Benson Bobo Bagwiba 38 ADC Bala Bello 58 ADP Adeh Nuhu Milah 72 APC Gwamna Jamil Isyaku 60 APM Lemela Lenos Silas 67 APP Yahaya Bappaji 53 DLA Sani Muhammad 51 LP Muazu Zubairu Halilu 66 NDC Ardo Babayo Kumo 62 NDP Aliyu Adamu Danmacca 38 NNPP Abdullahi Maikano Umar 48 NRM Yahya Bashir 46 PRP Ibrahim Abubakar Jalo 35 SDP Maโaji Adamu Muhammed 58 ZLP Gana Aliyu Muhammad 57
Jigawa State Party Candidate Age AA Usman Ismail 50 ADC Sabo Mohammed Nakudu 66 ADP Sulaiman Ibrahim 63 APC Namadi Umar A. 63 APGA Yero Ahmed 66 APM Umar Ahmad 35 APP Musa Mubarak 44 LP Abdulโaziz Aminu 51 NDC Dutse Aminu Sani 58 NRM Aminu Hassan Ibrahim 58 PDP Sule Mustapha Lamido 43 PRP Ahmed Adamu Kaugama 76 SDP Musa Namadori Garba 60
Kaduna State Party Candidate Age AA Adamu Alhaji Ahamed 65 ADC Isa Mohammed Ashiru 63 ADP Solomon John Yayock 38 APC Sani Uba 55 APGA Tukur Rabiu 39 APM Haruna Yunusa Saeed 66 DLA Chado Adamu Idrisu 43 LP Rilwanu Muhammad Lawal 52 NDP Ali Godday 39 NNPP Abubakar Abdullahi 47 NRM Kallah Yahaya Musa 41 PDP Bawa Shehu Usman 53 PRP Abdulfattah Muhammad Aminu 66 SDP Idris Adamu Abubakar 62 YPP Mohammed Jamila 44 ZLP Makama Yahaya 40
Kano State Party Candidate Age A Gashash Mukhtar 56 AA Haruna Abdullahi 52 AAC Sharif Abba 52 ADC Ibrahim Ali Amin 62 ADP Muhammad Abdullahi 48 APC Yusuf Abba Kabir 63 APGA Tijjani Sukairaju Tijjani 47 APM Muhammad Bashir Galadanchi 47 APP Tukur Aliyu Malam 54 BP Ahmad Furera 45 DLA Bari Mustapha Bello 56 LP Santuraki Hamisu 52 NDP Abdullahi Mustapha 41 PDP Abacha Muhammed Sani 59 PRP Koguna Nasiru Hassan 56 SDP Hussaini Bello Ado 52 ZLP Nuhu Isa 60
Katsina State Party Candidate Age AAC Kado Mashi Babangida 56 ADC Ahmad Babba Kaita 58 ADP Ahmed Murtala 51 APC Umaru Dikko Radda 57 APM Abdullahi Nura 62 NDC Ilu-Barde Aliyu 44 NDP Ahmad Tijani 43 NRM Sade Salisu 60 PDP Garba Yakubu Lado 64 PRP Kabir Hassan Yarโadua 46 SDP Dansarai Mni Magajio Aliyu 67
Kebbi State
Party Candidate Age A Muhammed Sani Abdullahi 57 AA Garba Illo Kabiru 43 AAC Nataala Nura 49 ADC Malami Abubakar 59 ADP Yahaya Ayuba 56 APC Idris Nasir 61 APGA Abubakar Suru Abdullahi 43 APM Usman Kaoje Aliyu 51 APP Abdullahi Nasiru Maiyaki Illo 55 BP Umar Isah 64 LP Usman Aliyu 55 NDP Ahmadu Zumaru 53 SDP Umar Faruk 56 ZLP Basiru Musa 57
Kwara State Party Candidate Age AA Kolo Ezekiel 45 ADC Zakari Mohammed 56 ADP Adeshina Ajisafe 49 APC Yakubu Danladi Salihu 41 APGA Sule Ajayi 71 APM Jaiyeola Motunrayo 46 APP Omotosho Bamidele Olaitan 57 NDC Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia 51 NDP Deacon Shola Victor Abioye 69 NNPP Omokanye David Adetoyese 52 PDP Kawu Sulaiman Bolakale 57 SDP Apaokagi Ridwan Salahudeen 53
Lagos State Party Candidate Age A Sowore Otitoloju Robert 58 AA Salawu Kamarudeen 47 AAC Sol-Nuyi Oluwadamola Adesoca 55 ADC Gbadebo Rhodes Vivour 43 ADP Bolaji Nasir Adewale 73 APC Hamzat Kadri Obafemi 62 APM Adeoye Adelaja Azeez 45 APP Adeyemi Abiola 49 LP Odunaike Oluwapemilerin Olurotimi 49 NDC Doherty Olufunso Adeshina 58 NDP Obadia Akinola 56 NNPP Onifade Ademoyegun Taiwo 62 NRM Onigbokun Ademola Joseph 53 PDP Doherty Adedeji Olugbemiga 64 SDP Olaniyi Olufemi 52 YPP Taiwo Temitope Elijah 46 ZLP Peter Helen Ojotule 36
Nasarawa State Party Candidate Age ADC Nuhu Angbazo 59 ADP Christopher Mamman 64 APC Aliyu Ahmed Wadada 61 APGA Ibrahim Kasimu Aboh 61 APM Onawo Mohammed Ogoshi 74 APP Dahiru Musa Doma 59 LP Gaza Jonathan Gbefwi51 NRM Khalid Muhammad 55 PDP Emmanuel David Ombugadu 48 PRP Abdullahi Omame Abisabo 35 SDP Mohammed Abubakar Adamu 65 YPP Kigbu Tanko John 61 ZLP Giza Abubakar Abdu 69
Ogun State Party Candidate Age A Okewole Shuaib Olaniyi 53 AA Awofala Awolola Awoniyi 60 ADC Lawal Jimi Adebisi 66 ADP Anifowose Johncrownfit Kayode 46 APC Adeola Solomon Olamilekan 57 APM Babajide Rotimi Mathew 47 APP Layi Labode Halima 58 BP Adenuga Adekunle Dreher 60 NDP Dasaolu Oluwaseyi Olamilekan 42 NNPP Akinbola Hammed Rotham 44 NRM Fayoyin Olujobi Ezekiel 39 SDP Ola Willams Adeyinka Penuel 35 YPP Johnson Cyrus Oluwaseun 53
Oyo State Party Candidate Age A Oriyomi Hamzat Abdulrahman 46 AAC Oladele Saheed 44 ADC Adegoke Taofeek Adegboyega 62 ADP Olatunji Kunle James 58 APC Alli Sharafadeen Abiodun 63 APGA Salami Gbolagade Tajudeen 58 APM Adekanmbi Abimbola 53 APP Tijani Ismaila Akinboye 64 LP Kareem Thompson Sola 58 NDC Yusuf Akim Adebola 57 NDP Taiwo Ibiyemi Otegbeye 59 NRM Afolabi Taofeek Ademola 60 PDP Gbolarumi Hazeem Ola 69 PRP Yinusa Kazeem Ayandoye 52 YPP Adeyemi Idowu Adedeji 46 ZLP Azzan Waheed Olanrewaju 66
Plateau State Party Candidate Age A Umaru Ankara Yakubu 60 AAC Ayuba Adams Pangk 47 ADC Sura John Sunday 61 ADP Dawop Sani Saโidu 60 APC Mutfwang Caleb Manasseh 61 APGA Jiga Isa Jarzuka 61 APM Danauta Kyarshik Samuel 50 APP Muhammad Aminu Hadi 38 DLA Yusuf Sani Umar 50 LP Nura Tanko 55 NDC Akuns Jonathan Sunday 64 NDP Yohanna Wilson Yilpan 37 NRM Cosmas Jarlath 53 PDP Ropshik Kefas Wungak 50 SDP Dafup Simput Eagles 38 YPP Jonathan Dalong Dogara 37 ZLP Bingel Hurung Philomina 46
Rivers State Party Candidate Age A Chibuzor Israel Rain 43 AAC West Ivy 47 ADC Pidomson Gabriel Baritulem 56 ADP Lawson Anyanate Angel 50 APC Chinda Kingsley Ogundu 60 APGA Idoniboye-Obu Omangima 52 APM Whyte Churchill Dagogo 48 APP Atata Okechukwu Kenneth 56 BP Benjamin Abednego Oli 44 DLA Warigbani Ezekiel Zebulun 51 LP Boms Chima Ernest 59 NDC Lilu-Briggs Dumo Owukori 62 NDP Opusunju Silva 68 NNPP Pepple Wari Dienye 43 NRM Minaibim Harry 61 PDP Ejekwu Samuel Soni 60 PRP Kieghe Nature Dumale 49 SDP Ben-Gurion J. Peter 61 ZLP Hart Victor Godwin 47
Sokoto State Party Candidate Age A Bello Hassan 52 AAC Abubakar Bello Dangaskiya 51 ADC Manir Muhammad Danโiya 56 ADP Sarkin Larabawa Nasiru 52 APC Aliyu Ahmed Sokoto 56 APGA Ibrahim Mansur Gada 67 APM Abubakar Haruna 36 APP Sidi Almustapha Ahmed 57 LP Haliru Abubakar Dikko 64 NDC Aliyu Shamsudeen Ahmad 45 NDP Auwal Umar 46 NNPP Malami Garba 59 NRM Aliyu Sulaiman 58 PDP Abdullahi Sokoto Abubakar 67 PRP Mohammed Faruku Yabo 41 YPP Shehu Ibrahim 35 ZLP Muโazu Abdullahi 46
Taraba State Party Candidate Age A Prof. Jerome Nyameh 52 AAC Gago Magaji Bulus 43 ADC Abubakar Umar Tutare 61 ADP Hamman Abubakar Mustapha 68 APC Kefas Agbu 55 APGA Shiddi Danjuma Usman 58 APM Bawa Ishaka Mohammed 58 APP Henry Haniel Banti 42 BP Kabiru Bala 59 DLA Aboki Boyonga Stephen 48 LP Nathan Sanda 38 NDC Yahaya Mohammed Sani 62 NDP Nuhu Abubakar Atta 44 NNPP Uba Sani Abdullahi57 PDP Bwacha Emmanuel 63 PRP Josiah Wukari Wasa 47 SDP Yusuf Ali 66 YPP Saโad Hassan Abubakar 43 ZLP Bello Adamu 54
Yobe State Party Candidate Age ADC Kassim Gaidam 67 ADP Mohammed Nasiru Saleh 45 APC Wali Baba Mallam 67 APM Ibrahim Idrissa Madaki 44 APP Adamu Umar 47 LP Kolomi Aji 62 NDC Ibrahim Mallam Shuaibu 63 NDP Umar Mohammed 42 NRM Abbagana Grema Muhammad 38 PDP Usman Abdullahi 46 SDP Bature Abba 57 YPP Dawud Muhammad 43 ZLP Abubakar Bakura 43
Zamfara State Party Candidate Age AAC Ahmad Shehu Isah 60 ADC Shinkafi Bilyaminu Yusuf 49 ADP Usman Isah 43 APC Lawal Dauda 61 APGA Aliyu Bashir 49 APM Salisu Sulaiman Bungudu 43 APP Muazu Aminu Ab 62 LP Yusuf Sani Danmasani 53 NDC Marafa Kabiru Garba 66 NDP Idris Musa 48 NNPP Abubakar Sani 53 NRM Sabitu Chafe Magaji 52 PDP Shehu-Gusau Ibrahim 56 PRP Abdulkarim Abubakar Sadiq 51 SDP Musa Hamza 39
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