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INEC excludes PDP candidates in Gombe and Ogun from 2027 election list
Nigeria’s electoral commission has published its final list of candidates for governorship elections scheduled for 6 February 2027.
The list excludes Isa Pantami, the PDP candidate in Gombe State, and Ladi Adebutu, the PDP candidate in Ogun State.
It names Kingsley Chinda as the APC candidate in Rivers State.
INEC’s documents do not explain why Pantami and Adebutu were omitted.
A Supreme Court ruling restored rules requiring parties to use membership registers submitted to INEC when holding primaries, and barring parties that miss the deadline from fielding candidates.
Separately, a court in Gombe nullified Pantami’s nomination and ordered the PDP to hold another primary within 30 days.
INEC excluded PDP candidates Isa Pantami in Gombe and Ladi Adebutu in Ogun from its final list for the 2027 governorship elections.
The commission’s final lists include 16 candidates in Gombe and 13 in Ogun, with no PDP candidate in either state.
The elections are scheduled for 6 February 2027.
The exclusions follow a Supreme Court ruling restoring rules that restrict participation in party primaries to members on registers submitted to INEC.
A Federal High Court separately nullified Pantami’s nomination and ordered the PDP to hold a fresh primary in Gombe.
- Who
- INEC excluded PDP candidates Isa Pantami in Gombe and Ladi Adebutu in Ogun.
- What
- The commission omitted them from its final list of candidates for the 2027 governorship elections.
- When
- The elections are scheduled for 6 February 2027. INEC published the final lists on Saturday; the article does not give the date.
- Where
- Gombe and Ogun states, Nigeria.
- Why
- The documents did not state the reasons for the omissions. The exclusions follow a Supreme Court ruling on party membership registers, and Pantami’s nomination was separately nullified by a Federal High Court.
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Pantami emerged as the PDP governorship candidate in Gombe, according to the article.
The Supreme Court restored provisions of the Electoral Act 2026 on party membership registers and participation in primaries.
A Federal High Court in Gombe nullified Pantami’s nomination and ordered a fresh PDP primary within 30 days.
INEC published its final candidate lists, excluding the PDP candidates in Gombe and Ogun.
Governorship elections are scheduled to take place.
- Gombe PDP candidate
- Isa Pantami
- Ogun PDP candidate
- Ladi Adebutu
- Gombe candidates on INEC list
- 16
- Ogun candidates on INEC list
- 13
- Scheduled election date
- 6 February 2027
- Supreme Court ruling
- 24 September 2026
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