2027 Setback: Three Political Parties Miss INEC Deadline For Presidential Candidates

Three political parties reportedly failed to upload the names of their presidential and vice-presidential candidates to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) portal before the submission deadline expired at 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶

An INEC official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to comment publicly on the matter, confirmed the development.

According to the official, the affected parties are the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faction led by Nyesom Wike, and the Labour Party (LP) faction led by Nenadi Usman.

“As of now, only about three political parties are yet to upload the names of their presidential and running mate candidates. They are APGA, the PDP (Wike faction) and the LP (Nenadi faction). Virtually every other party has filed its candidates,” the official was quoted as saying.

INEC had earlier extended the deadline for political parties to submit the names of their candidates from Saturday, July 11, to Tuesday, July 14, giving parties additional time to complete the process.

The electoral commission, however, made it clear that the extension was final and that no further deadline would be granted.

According to the INEC source, nearly all registered political parties successfully submitted the names of their presidential and vice-presidential candidates before the portal closed.

Nigeria’s 2027 presidential election is scheduled to hold on Saturday, January 16, 2027.