INEC Approves 12 Candidates for Kwara Governorship Race

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the final list of 12 candidates cleared to contest in the 2027 governorship elections in Kwara State. Among these candidates is Jayeola Motunrayo, representing the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), marking the first female candidacy in the state's governorship election since Rukayat Gbemishola Saraki in 2011.

The other candidates include Kolo Ezekel from the All Progressives Congress (AA), Zakari Mohammed from the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Adeshina Ajisafe from the Action Democratic Party (ADP), Yakubu Danaladi-Salihu from the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sule Ajayi from the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), and Omotosho Bamidele from the Action Peoples Party (APP). Additional candidates are Abdulmumini Yinka Ajia from the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Shola Victor Abioye from the National Democratic Party (NDP), Omokanye David Adetoyese from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Kawu Sulyman Bolakale from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Apaokagi Ridwan Saludeen from the Social Democratic Party (SDP).

The INEC also released the final list of National Assembly candidates for Kwara State.