INEC Reveals Youngest Presidential Candidates for 2027

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the final list of 18 presidential candidates for the January 2027 election, which includes five candidates aged between 35 and 48 years. The youngest candidate is Moses Olusoji Adebisi, 35, representing the Democratic Leadership Alliance (DLA), with Nafisat Usaku Abubakar as his running mate.

The other candidates include Okereke, aged 43, from the Labour Party, with Hajja Bintu Konto as his running mate; Nkem Esther Okereke, also 43, from the National Rescue Movement (NRM), who is one of two female candidates; Aliyu Abbas-Bin, 44, from the Action Democratic Party (ADP), with Chinazam Ike as his running mate; and Ada Elizabeth Fredrick Okwori, 48, from the National Democratic Party (NDP), who is the other female candidate, with Uchenna Anthony Chukwuemeka as her running mate. The list comprises 16 male candidates and 2 female candidates.