2027: INEC issues deadline for parties’ submission of omitted candidates

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given political parties until October 24 to report cases of candidates allegedly omitted from the final list for the 2027 governorship elections.
The deadline follows a Supreme Court ruling that political parties which failed to submit their membership registers within the prescribed period are ineligible to sponsor candidates for elections.
INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Mohammed Kudu Haruna, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday, explaining that the commission applied the court’s decision when preparing the final list of governorship candidates.
“The Commis...