18 parties have put forward a ticket: a candidate for governor and a running mate for deputy governor.
Cholli Yahaya
Running mate: Yunusa Peter
Accord
Dawa Philip B
Running mate: Abdulkadir Mohammed
Action Alliance · AA
Hussaini Sulaiman Tahir
Running mate: Calvin Yusuf Pelene
African Action Congress · AAC
Modibbo Hammantukur
Running mate: Ribadu Aguwa Kevin Iliya
African Democratic Congress · ADC
Umaru Babangida Bajabure
Running mate: Zakariya Suzana
Action Democratic Party · ADP
Aminu Ahmed Galadima
Running mate: Usman Adamu Dali Kamale
All Progressives Congress · APC
Bashir Suleiman Alhaji
Running mate: Leneke Elliot Jesmiel
All Progressives Grand Alliance · APGA
Abdulrahman Bashir Haske
Running mate: Onatola Morakinyo Safriel
Allied Peoples Movement · APM
Aliyu Suleiman
Running mate: Emmanuel Ibrahim
Action Peoples Party · APP
Tame Vadlya Tizhe
Running mate: Ali Amina Muhammad
Democratic Leadership Alliance · DLA
Ishaku Elisha Cliff
Running mate: Jauro Faruk Sanusi
Labour Party · LP
Dahiru Aishatu Ahmed
Running mate: Dominic Emmanuel Mapeo
Nigeria Democratic Congress · NDC
Bundi Ahmadu Pius
Running mate: Umar Abubakar
New Nigeria Peoples Party · NNPP
Samuel Faith Monday
Running mate: Usman Hassan
National Rescue Movement · NRM
Vunobolki Maurice Michael
Running mate: Wambai Abubakar Mahmud
Peoples Democratic Party · PDP
Nathaniel Christopher Osim
Running mate: Rufai Ahmad
Social Democratic Party · SDP
Theman Wafarninyi
Running mate: Abba Ahmed Sudi
Young Progressive Party · YPP
Alahirah Maimako
Running mate: Adamu Abdullahi
Zenith Labour Party · ZLP
From INEC’s final list of governorship candidates for Adamawa, published 11 October 2026. Names as INEC prints them, surname first. A withdrawal, substitution or court order can change a ticket before polling day.
