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The Certified True Copy of the Final List of Senatorial Candidates for 2027 Elections:
The Certified True Copy of the Final List of Senatorial Candidates for 2027 Elections:
1Abia North
APC: Kalu Orji Uzor
ADC: Okoronkwo Ikechukwu Bishop Godswill
NDC: Nkole Uko Ndukwe
PDP: Udeachara Jude
2Abia Central
APC: Atuma Emeka
ADC: Austine Okwudiri Akobundu
NDC: Nkechi Nwaogu
PDP: Ogu Bob
3Abia South
APC: Ikonne Prince Paul
ADC: Isiguzor Chukwuemeka Victor
NDC: Enyinna Kasarachi Michael
PDP: Onuoha Ishmael Chinyere
LP: Enyinnaya Abaribe
4Adamawa North
APC: Umaru Ahmadu
ADC: Iya Umar
NDC: Abubakar Rabiu
PDP: Lawan Mohammed Ribado
5Adamawa South
APC: Tangwami Felix Bilishan
ADC: Binos Dauda Yaroe
NDC: Peter Fwa Barata
PDP: Ahmed Hassan
6Adamawa Central
APC: Salihu Mustapha
ADC: Ibrahim Mustapha
NDC: Ahmed Abdullahi Musa
PDP: Attahamohammed Ibrahim
7Akwa Ibom North East
APC: Bassey Aniekan Etim
ADC: Sunday Etim Umoren
NDC: Afia Ekere S.
PDP: Udobang Cletus Kufre
8Akwa Ibom North West
APC: Akpabio Godswill
ADC: Akpabio Patience Christopher Ibanga Obot
NDC: Inemeh Patty Etete
PDP: —
9Akwa Ibom South
APC: Akpan Ekong Sampson
ADC: Louis Paul Udoh
NDC: Frank Okon Daniel
PDP: Isong Etim
10Anambra North
APC: Nnalue Chimzobam Kingsley
ADC: Udedibia Sunday Ikenna
NDC: Nwoye Tony Okechukwu
PDP: Oliatachinenye Edith
11Anambra Central
APC: Ekwunife Uche Lilian
ADC: Nwobu Geoffery Ndubuisi
NDC: Umeh Victor Chukwunonyelum
PDP: Ughamadu Lawrence Chijioke
12Anambra South
APC: Benson-Oraelosi Chibuogwu Maryanne
ADC: Anagwu Fredrick Emeka
NDC: Onunkwo Ebuka Josephat
PDP: Nwosu Ikechukwu Samben
13Bauchi South
APC: Shehu Yakubu Abdullahi
ADC: Garba Dahiru
NDC: no NDC candidate
PDP: Dabo Danjuma Adamu
14Bauchi Central
APC: Misau Isah Hamma
ADC: Abdul Ahmed Ningi
NDC: no NDC candidate
PDP: Aliyu Bello
15Bauchi North
APC: Baba Ibrahim Mohammed
ADC: Suleiman Mohammed Nazif
NDC: no NDC candidate
PDP: Adamu Abdulkadir
16Bayelsa East
APC: Sunny-Golu Israel
ADC: Sylva Ngo Nathaniel
NDC: Tekenah Dau Kenny
PDP: Joseph Ateki Boabofa
17Bayelsa Central
APC: Benson Friday Konbowei
ADC: Aistine Inei Asamaowei
NDC: Okoyareuben Boutuaowei
PDP: Akinaka Erepamo Richard
18Bayelsa West
APC: Agbiki Fidelis
ADC: Ogola Christopher
NDC: Dickson Seriake Henry
PDP: Ebebi Onduakpo Polycarp
19Benue North East
APC: Udende Emmanuel Memga
ADC: Tyough Robert Aondona
NDC: no NDC candidate
PDP: Unongo Thomas Tyolumun
20Benue North West
APC: Zam Titus Tartenger
ADC: Tsegba Terngu
NDC: Utaan Conrad Terhide
PDP: Ortom Eunice Erdoo
21Benue South
APC: Agbo Frances Ottah
ADC: Olofu David Adejo
NDC: Onjeh Daniel Donal
PDP: Moro Abba Patrick
22Borno North
APC: Monguno Mohammed Tahir
ADC: Abdullahi Modu Kura
NDC: Abubakar Tijjani
PDP: Kareto Mohammed Abdullah
23Borno Central
APC: Lawan Kaka Shehu
ADC: Baba Gana Zannah
NDC: Abdulkadir Fema
PDP: Kyari Alhaji Grema
24Borno South
APC: Ndume Mohammed Ali
ADC: Idris Mamman Gatumbwa
NDC: Kwajafailliya Habu
PDP: Apaguaminu Mallum
25Cross River North
APC: Jarigbe Jarigbe Agom
ADC: Ugbong Casmir
NDC: Ake Abuashe Grace
PDP: No candidate
26Cross River Central
APC: Ewa Oden Ibiang
ADC: Akin Rickett
NDC: Ewa Bassey Eko
PDP: John Ifere
27Cross River South
APC: Ekpenyong Asuquo
ADC: Edet Joseph
NDC: Egwu Egwu Arong
PDP: Inyang Florence
28Delta Central
APC: Dafinone Ede Omueya
ADC: Ewhrudjakpor Benjamin
NDC: Omo-Agege Ovie Augustine
PDP: Arhagba Ighogbedjere
29Delta North
APC: Okowa Ifeanyi Arthur
ADC: Ogoliegbune Valentine Chibuzor
NDC: Ochei Victor Onyekachi
PDP: Ogannah Onyeama Austyn
30Delta South
APC: Joel-Onowakpo Thomas Ewomazino
ADC: No candidate
NDC: Adhekpukoli Elo
PDP: Otuaro Kingley Burutu
31Ebonyi North
APC: Nwebonyi Onyeka Peter
ADC: Ikeria Chibuike Solomon
NDC: Nwite James N
PDP: Opoke Sunday Andrew
32Ebonyi Central
APC: Eze Kenneth Emeka
ADC: Ugo Maginus Kel
NDC: Odoh Benard Ifeanyi
PDP: Ngwuta Elechi Christopher
33Ebonyi South
APC: Ani Anthony Okorie
ADC: Silas Joseph Onu
NDC: Ndubuisi Emmanuel C
PDP: Nwachi Maria Ude
34Edo North
APC: Oshiomhole Adams
ADC: Aruna Abubakari
NDC: Oisamoje Maria Evuarherhe
PDP: Momoh-Dejih Bashir Eugine
35Edo Central
APC: Ikpea Joseph
ADC: Okonofua Herberta Inemezele
NDC: Inemezele Ikpea Igiagbe Joseph
PDP: No Candidate
36Edo South
APC: Ogbeide-Ihama Omoregie
ADC: Iduoriyekemwen Matthew Aigbuhuenze
NDC: Epelle-Asemota Bridgitte
PDP: Ojediamen Benjamin Ehichioya
37Ekiti North
APC: Oguntoye Ayobami Samuel
ADC: Ayeni Funso
NDC: OGUNTOYE AYOBAMI
SAMUEL
PDP: No candidate
38Ekiti Central
APC: Bamidele Opeyemi
ADC: AKINYEMI VICTOR
BABAFEMI
NDC: Omolayotaiwo Oluwagbenga
PDP: Fatuyi-Olajuyigbe Monica Adesola
39Ekiti South
APC: Adaramodu Adeyemi Raphael
ADC: Kolawole Job Nathaniel
NDC: no NDC candidate
PDP: Ayeni Oyeolabisi
40Enugu East
APC: Chukwu Kelvin
ADC: IDOKO MECHIKA
NDC: ASADU PATRICK
OZIOKOJA
PDP: Ukwueke Kingsley
41Enugu West
APC: Ngwu Osita
ADC: Ani Juliet Nkechi
NDC: ENEH KINGSLEY
UCHENNA
PDP: Amadi Dennis
42Enugu North
APC: Asogwa Ikeje Israel
ADC: Chika Idoko Emmanuel
NDC: Asadu Patrick Oziokoja
PDP: Ezeme Nestor Chika
43FCT
APC: Philip Tanimu Aduda
ADC: Ireti Kingibe
NDC: Austen Peters-Pam Iyabode Amanda
PDP: Angulu Bako
44Gombe North
APC: Yahaya Muhammed Inuwa
ADC: Mustapha Mohammed Aliyu
NDC: Mohammed Dukku
PDP: Dankwambo Ibrahim Hassan
45Gombe Central
APC: Mohammed Ahmed
ADC: Idris Audu Umar
NDC: Kabiru Mohammed
PDP: Hammadu Aliyu
46Gombe South
APC: Hamma Tabitha
ADC: Mela Audu Nunghe
NDC: Amos Bulus Kilawangs
PDP: Siyako Anthony Yaro
47Imo East
APC: Uzodinma Ezebuihe Anayochukwu
ADC: OFOEGBU UCHENNA
DANIEL
NDC: ONYEAGOCHA
UCHECHUKWU
PDP: MADUMERE PRINCE EZE
48Imo West
APC: Uzodinma Goodhope Odidika
ADC: IWUCHUKWU VINCENT
OGADINMA NNABUGO
NDC: Nwogu Nze Ndieze
PDP: Onyereri Chukwudi Victor Jones
49Imo North
APC: NDUBUEZE PATRICK
CHIWUBA
ADC: IBEKWE NKIRU
NDC: Omegara Mathew
PDP: Ejiogu Micheal Duru
50Jigawa South-West
APC: Ibraheem Sani Garba
ADC: Ahmed Isah Dutse
NDC: Aminu Mustapha
PDP: Suleiman Abba
51Jigawa North-East
APC: Madori Ahmed Abdulhamid Malam Ali
ADC: Muhammad Ubali Shitu
NDC: no NDC candidate
PDP: Salisu Mamuda
52Jigawa North-West
APC: Hussaini Babangida Uba
ADC: Ahmed Mahmud Gumel
NDC: Sabo Salisu
PDP: Abdullahi Aminu Taura
53Kaduna North
APC: Yero Mukhtar Ramalan
ADC: Khalid Ibrahim Mustapha
NDC: Sha’aban Mohammad Turad
PDP: Ahmed Abdullahi Zubairu
54Kaduna Central
APC: Sani Shehu
ADC: Lawal Adamu Usman
NDC: Adamu Haruna
PDP: Ibrahim Usman
55Kaduna South
APC: Marshall Sunday Katung
ADC: Godfrey Ali Gaiya
NDC: no NDC candidate
PDP: Gumbari Joseph Mataimaki
56Kano Central
APC: Shekarau Ibrahim
ADC: Samaila Abdullahi Mukhtar
NDC: Yusuf Nasiru Gawuna
PDP: Sankara Nafiu Danladi
57Kano North
APC: Barau I. Jibrin
ADC: Saleh Shehu Kudawa
NDC: Usman Sunusi Danbatta
PDP: Sagir Abdulkadir Ahmad
58Kano South
APC: Kawa Suleiman Abdurrahaman
ADC: Baba Aminu Zubair
NDC: Ibrahim Kassim Bataiya
PDP: Isa Umar Sambo
59Katsina North
APC: Yahaya Nasir
ADC: Lawal Sani
NDC: Yahaya Aminu
PDP: Daura Umar Dauda
60Katsina Central
APC: Abubakar Sadiq Yar’Adua
ADC: Lawal Sani
NDC: no NDC candidate
PDP: Abdulaziz Amina Lawal Rafindadi
61Katsina South
APC: Dandutse Muntari Mohammed
ADC: Lawal Umar
NDC: Hussain Ishaq Suleim
PDP: Bawa Rabiu
62Kebbi North
APC: Adamu Muhammad Aliero
ADC: Mera Ibrahim Mohammed
NDC: Abdurrahaman Aliyu
PDP: Mukhtar Mohammed Tafarki
63Kebbi Central
APC: Adamu Mohammed Aleiro
ADC: Aminu Bande
NDC: Umar Yarotela
PDP: Andarai Haruna Saidu
64Kebbi South
APC: Muhammed Ja’afaru Ngaski
ADC: Maidoki Garba Musa
NDC: Hassan Mustapha
PDP: Abubakar Hamza
65Kogi Central
APC: Bello Yahaya
ADC: Ogembe Salau Ahmed
NDC: Salau Muritala Audu
PDP: Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan
66Kogi East
APC: Ameh Erico Joseph
ADC: Abubakar Aminu Suleiman
NDC: Ameh Peter Ojonugwa
PDP: Muhammed Abdullahi
67Kogi West
APC: Karimi Sunday
ADC: Musa Ibrahim Ahmadu
NDC: Fatosa Olumuyiwa Adedokun
PDP: Yusuf Ayo Tajudeen
68Kwara Central
APC: Abdulrazaq Abdulrahaman
ADC: Abdulahi Risikat Motunrayo
NDC: Suleiman Abdulrasheed Olufemi Omoda
PDP: Saliu Mustapha
69Kwara North
APC: Umar Sadiq
ADC: Bala Taoheed Usman
NDC: Gana Thomas Audu
PDP: Kolo Baba Jiya
70Kwara South
APC: Adewoye Olalekan
ADC: Oyedepo Iyiola
NDC: Oni Samuel Omoniyi
PDP: Popoola Adekeye Lekan Saheed
71Lagos Central
APC: Sanni Eshilokun Wasiu Olatunji
ADC: Abayomi Idowu Omotayo
NDC: Johnson Lawrence Adeniyi Oladipupo
PDP: Dakova-Vaughan Kolawole David
72Lagos East
APC: Abiru Adetokunbo Mukhail
ADC: Moshood Babatunde Olanrewaju
NDC: Adebanjo Adeola Damilola
PDP: Adeniji Victorin
73Lagos West
APC: Adebule Idiat Oluranti
ADC: Bello Owolabi Hafis
NDC: Salvador Adegoke Moshood
PDP: Phillips Adebiyi Abiodun
74Nasarawa North
APC: Sule Abdullahi
ADC: Victor Affiku Tsaku
NDC: Danladi James
PDP: Madaki Benbella Anthony
75Nasarawa West
APC: Haruna Dauda
ADC: Umar Musa Galadima
NDC: Adamu Auta Umar Farouq
PDP: Kaura Danlami Kefas
76Nasarawa South
APC: Abdul Ibrahim Baba
ADC: Hassan Abubakar Nalaraba
NDC: Baba Ayinwulu
PDP: Agbo-Omeri Mike
77Niger East
APC: Musa Mohammed Sani
ADC: Ahmed Mohammed Mukhtar
NDC: BAWA JOHN AGMADA
PDP: No candidate
78Niger North
APC: Bello Abubakar Sani
ADC: Abdullahi Shehu Mohammed
NDC: BAWA JOSHUA NUHU
PDP: Abdullahi Yahaya
79Niger South
APC: Idris Mohammed Sani
ADC: Umar Danjuma Emimaru
NDC: SADIQ MOHAMMED
RABIU
PDP: Jiya Peter Ndalikali
80Ogun Central
APC: Salisu Shuaibu Afolabi
ADC: Samuel Oluwafemi Abiodun-Oni
NDC: George-Taylor Oluwadurotimi
PDP: Obasanjo Iyabo
81Ogun East
APC: Abiodun Adedapo Olusegun
ADC: Adebanjo Babatunde Olalekan
NDC: Shokoya Adewale Oluwasegun
PDP: Omotayo Oluwafemi Abdulhameed
82Ogun West
APC: Ojugbele Jimo Olusola
ADC: Olanrewaju Abdul-Lateef Ajani
NDC: Abioro Itunu
PDP: Ogunola Babatunde
83Ondo North
APC: Ipinsagba Olajide Emmanuel
ADC: Foluso Mayowa Felix Adefemi
NDC: DAODU BABATUNDE
OLUMAYOKUN
PDP: ADENEKAN OLATERU
OLAGBEGI
84Ondo Central
APC: Adegbonmire Adeniyi Ayodele
ADC: Akinyelure Patrick Ayo
NDC: FALAIYE OLUGBENGA
AKINWALE
PDP: No candidate
85Ondo South
APC: Kekemeke Duerimini Isaacs
ADC: Tofowomo Gbadamosi Tola
NDC: NEJO MYSON ADEYEMI
PDP: Oyerinmade Mathew Oye
86Osun Central
APC: Adegoke Rasheed Adekunle
ADC: Olaoye Akeem
NDC: Oduyemi Morenikeji Nathaniel
PDP: Fadeyi Olubiyi Oluwole
Accord: GANIYU AYOBAMI
OLAOLUWA
87Osun East
APC: Fadahunsi Francis Adenigba
ADC: Babatunde Olaniyi Loye
NDC: Derin-Ologbenla Charles Adewale
PDP: No candidate
Accord: FADIPE IBUKUN ISOLA
88Osun West
APC: Ogunbiyi Akinade Akanmu
ADC: Oriolowo Adelere
NDC: Ayoola Alaba
PDP: No candidate
Accord: OYEWUMI KAMORUDEEN OLALERE
89Oyo Central
APC: Akintunde Yunus Abiodun
ADC: Kamil Akinlabi
NDC: SALAWU AKEEM
PDP: OLUNLOYO AYOBAMI
AKINYODE
90Oyo North
APC: Ogunesan Hannah Olawumi
ADC: Agoro Lanre Adehirah
NDC: OJEKUNLE ABIGAIL
OLANIKE
PDP: ADEOYE BEULAH
OLUFEMI AYODEJI
91Oyo South
APC: Oseni Abasi Aderemi
ADC: Lukman Adeola Adetunji
NDC: Abdulateef Gbolagade
PDP: Adeleke Kehinde Saheed
92Plateau North
APC: Mwadkwon Simon Davou
ADC: Rose Bitrus Mwanti
NDC: Bature Musa Jonathan
PDP: Gwottson Dalyop
93Plateau Central
APC: Kasuwa Bitrus David
ADC: Yusuf Bello
NDC: Yusuf Ishaku
PDP: Goliath Timothy
94Plateau South
APC: Lalong Simon Bako
ADC: Solomon Selcap Dalung
NDC: Kefas Peter Kefas Dandam
PDP: Shekarau Johnbull
95Rivers East
APC: Onyesoh Allwell Iheacho
ADC: Agwor Samuel Ndubuisi
NDC: OKWUWOLU WOLU
EKELECHI BENJAMIN
PDP: ANELE AKOR WISDOM
96Rivers South-East
APC: Osarosaka Ebenezer Erewari
ADC: Ikuru Tele Betram
NDC: ABIANTE AWAJI-INOMBEK
PDP: NWOGU OLAKA
97Rivers West
APC: Obuah Amechi Felix
ADC: Otto Josiah
NDC: OGBOBULA ISAAC
PDP: Job Vincent
98Sokoto North
APC: Wamakko Aliyu Magatakarda
ADC: Maishinko Mani Katami
NDC: Abubakar Mainasara Sani
PDP: Maccido Ahmed
99Sokoto East
APC: Tukur Muhammad
ADC: Hassan Muhammad
NDC: Ummar Maisalati
PDP: Umar Abubakar
100Sokoto South
APC: Abdullahi Ibrahim Danbaba
ADC: Yabo Faruk Malami
NDC: Tanimu Bodinga
PDP: Yusuf Dahiru
101Taraba North
APC: Lau Shuaibu Isa
ADC: Maigari Kasimu Bello
NDC: Bandawa Anfani
PDP: Bubajoda Hilkiah
102Taraba Central
APC: Manu Haruna
ADC: Ahmadu Benni Umaru Salim
NDC: Nyan-Ganji Gilbert Gills
PDP: Iliyasu Goje
103Taraba South
APC: Aliyu Yusuf
ADC: Afiniki Yarima
NDC: Ezekiel Yakubu Ambo
PDP: Istifanus Musa
104Yobe North
APC: Lawan Ahmad Ibrahim
ADC: Imamuddeen Ahmad Abubakar Talba
NDC: no NDC candidate
PDP: Abubakar Chigari
105Yobe East
APC: Buni Mai Mala
ADC: Kale Kawu
NDC: no NDC candidate
PDP: Mustapha Maigoro
106Yobe South
APC: Bomai Ibrahim Mohammed
ADC: Gambo Jajere Baba
NDC: Hassan Mohammed
PDP: Hamma Ibrahim Barde
107Zamfara North
APC: Sahabi Ya’u
ADC: Shehu Rafi
NDC: Nasiru Garba
PDP: Musa Hanafi Moriki
108Zamfara Central
APC: Bilbis Ikra Aliyu
ADC: Abubakar Atiku Sale
NDC: Ibrahim Sanusi
PDP: Bala Sanusi
109Zamfara West
APC: Abdulaziz Yari
ADC: Ibrahim Mikailu Barau
NDC: Abdullahi Hassan Anka
PDP: Lawal Faru.
By George Mgbeleke
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) says the removal of petrol subsidy remains illegitimate, unconstitutional and fundamentally anti-poor, despite the Federal Government’s insistence that there will be no return to the subsidy regime.
HURIWA in a statement signed by its national coordinator,Comrade Emmanuel Nnadozie Onwubiko said there was no national debate, broad-based consultation or acceptable referendum through which Nigerians agreed that petrol subsidy should be removed.
The association says President Bola Tinubu announced the removal of the subsidy on May 29, 2023, the same day he was sworn into office, without any prior national consensus on the policy.
HURIWA therefore rejects the argument by the Presidency that the subsidy debate is permanently settled.
The association says the government cannot continue to impose incessant increases in the prices of petrol, diesel and cooking gas while millions of Nigerians struggle with inflation, unemployment, declining purchasing power and worsening poverty.
HURIWA warns that the continued escalation of energy costs is aggravating the cost-of-living crisis and pushing millions of Nigerians deeper into economic hardship.
The association says the Presidency’s declaration that there is “no going back” on subsidy removal should not be used to shut down legitimate public debate over the consequences of the policy.
HURIWA says if the Federal Government insists on allowing further increases in the prices of petrol and other essential energy products, Nigerians have the constitutional right to organise peaceful public protests and demand policies that protect their economic and social rights.
The association calls on Nigerians to peacefully mobilise against the incessant hikes in petrol prices and demand the restoration of an appropriate and transparent form of fuel subsidy or other effective mechanism capable of protecting citizens from unbearable energy costs.
HURIWA says the argument that subsidy removal has generated trillions of naira for the federation does not, by itself, justify the policy if ordinary Nigerians are unable to feel its benefits in their daily lives.
The association notes the claim by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, that subsidy removal generated N15.8 trillion in resources for the federation between June 2023 and December 2025, with N5.4 trillion accruing to the Federal Government and N10.4 trillion shared among states and local governments.
HURIWA asks what measurable improvements in the living conditions of ordinary Nigerians can be directly linked to these enormous savings.
The association also notes the Presidency’s argument, as conveyed by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, that restoring subsidy would create legal and fiscal complications and discourage investment in domestic refining.
HURIWA says these concerns should not be allowed to override the fundamental question of citizens’ welfare.
The association further notes that former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has proposed a controlled intervention in the oil and gas sector rather than a return to what he described as the opaque subsidy regime of the past.
HURIWA says the proposal deserves serious public scrutiny rather than outright dismissal, particularly because millions of Nigerians are currently bearing the consequences of high energy prices.
The association says the debate must focus on how Nigeria can guarantee affordable energy, protect vulnerable citizens, strengthen domestic refining and prevent corruption and abuse in the management of public resources.
HURIWA also agrees that Nigeria must avoid the corruption, smuggling, rent-seeking and fiscal leakages associated with the former subsidy regime.
However, the association says removing subsidy without establishing an effective alternative social protection mechanism amounts to transferring the burden of adjustment almost entirely to ordinary Nigerians.
HURIWA therefore demands full transparency on the utilisation of funds saved from subsidy removal and insists that the Federal Government must publish verifiable evidence showing how the savings have been deployed to improve transportation, healthcare, education, infrastructure, wages, social protection and other essential services.
The association says Nigerians should not be asked to accept permanent economic hardship merely because government describes subsidy removal as a reform.
HURIWA warns that the continued increase in petrol, diesel and gas prices will deepen inflation, weaken local businesses, increase transportation and food costs and further erode the purchasing power of workers, pensioners and low-income households.
The association calls on the Federal Government to urgently review its energy pricing policy and introduce measures that will bring down the cost of energy without creating another avenue for corruption.
HURIWA says the welfare of Nigerians must remain the primary consideration in every economic reform.
The association also urges the government to respect the constitutional rights of Nigerians to peaceful assembly, expression and protest whenever citizens choose to publicly oppose policies they consider harmful to their welfare.
HURIWA maintains that economic reforms cannot be sustainable when the people are excluded from meaningful consultation and are left to bear the heaviest burden of those reforms.
By George Mgbeleke
African Democratic Congress has challenged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to immediately review the use of politically exposed academics as Returning and Collation Officers in the 2027 general elections.
The ADC in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi made the call following a newspaper report that more than 600 senior lecturers from public universities across Northern Nigeria have endorsed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the 2027 presidential election.
The ADC said the development raises a fundamental question of electoral credibility and conflict of interest, particularly because university lecturers and vice chancellors have routinely been entrusted with the sensitive responsibility of collating election results and declaring winners.
While acknowledging the constitutional right of every Nigerian, including academics, to support or endorse any political candidate, the party said no person who has openly taken a partisan position should subsequently be entrusted with determining the outcome of an election involving that candidate.
The principle, the ADC said, is straightforward:
“You cannot campaign for a candidate and then be entrusted with counting the votes and declaring winners in the same election that your candidate is contesting in.”
The party, therefore, called on INEC to establish and publish clear criteria, disqualifying academics and other prospective election officials who have publicly endorsed candidates, participated in partisan political activities, or otherwise demonstrated an obvious political affiliation.
It also urged INEC to publish the names of proposed Returning and Collation Officers sufficiently ahead of the elections to allow political parties and the public to identify and raise legitimate conflict-of-interest concerns.
“The integrity of an election does not begin when the first ballot is cast. It begins with the neutrality of the people entrusted to administer, collate, and declare its outcome. Nigerians must never be placed in a position where those who have publicly chosen a side are subsequently presented as neutral arbiters of the contest,” the party said.
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Endorse rotational presidency to end marginalization in Nigeria- LP Chieftain Dr. Enendu tells Prrsident Tinubu
Endorse rotational presidency to end marginalization in Nigeria- LP Chieftain Dr. Enendu tells Prrsident Tinubu
By Our Correspondeny
As 2027 election draws close, Labour Party Chieftain, Dr. Chigbo Enendu has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the National Assembly to endorse rotational presidency to end marginalization in the country.
Enendu stated this while reviewing the political development in Nigeria since after the country’s independence in an interview with Daily Champion on Sunday.
The LP Chieftain noted that since after independence power at the presidency level had been always shared between the North and West of Nigeria’s allegedly by corrupt politicians who, according to him, have continued to plunder the economy and keep Nigerians in perpetual misery.
Enendu, popularly identified as Akwaudene, also the Chairman of South East Traditional Medicine Practitioners Association of Nigeria said the current political arrangement where power is shared between North and West had denied Igbo and minority people in Nigeria their right to be elected president of Nigeria, adding that rotational presidency would put an end to power monopoly, problem of marginalization, financial misappropriation, economy plundering among other anomalies.
He stressed that it was allegedly the same corrupt and selfish Nigerian politicians and power cabals that made it impossible for the LP presidential candidate in the 2023 presidential election, Mr. Peter Obi to be elected president in 2023.
” The best approach to the current political arrangement in Nigeria is rotational presidency.
They know Igbos are focused and can salvage the country. But they won’t give it to Igbo because of corruption and selfish interests. So, they won’t give Obi the chance to rule. Igbos should support Peter Obi. But some Igbo politicians are allegedly the servants of Hausa-Fulani political interests”, Enendu said.
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