2027: Why we disqualified, Pantami, Adebutu, Gwarzo – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has clarified its exclusion of definite candidates from the last database of candidates for the 2027 governorship elections, attributing the determination to the nonaccomplishment of their respective governmental parties to taxable rank registers successful accordance with statutory requirements.

The mentation followed objections raised by affected governmental parties and candidates aft the merchandise of the last list, which notably excluded salient aspirants, including the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidates successful Gombe and Ogun states, Isa Pantami and Ladi Adebutu, respectively.

Pantami’s exclusion followed his triumph successful a court-ordered rerun of the PDP governorship superior successful Gombe State, portion Adebutu and his moving mate were besides absent from the list.

The Ogun PDP subsequently alleged that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, had exerted undue power connected INEC, portion salient quality rights lawyer Inibehe Effiong urged the committee to uphold its organization neutrality.

In a connection issued connected Tuesday and signed by INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Mohammed Kudu Haruna, the committee attributed the exclusions to the Supreme Court’s September 24, 2026, ruling successful INEC v. Zenith Labour Party, Appeal No. SC/CV/495/2026, which affirmed the constitutio...